boiler room
noun
1
: a room in which a boiler is located
2
: a room equipped with telephones used for making high-pressure usually fraudulent sales pitches
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In 1964, a sailor died on the ship during a boiler room accident, prompting the Duluth Paranormal Society to investigate the ship.
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Brittany Anas, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
His predecessor’s girlfriend was in the boiler room and saw a captain-like figure looking down at her from overhead.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
The waste sawdust was automatically piped away by a vacuum-like collection system, then sent through a chute and down a pipe into the boiler room.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2024
When Working Girl: The Musical is chosen instead, Louise helps Gene stage a guerilla production in the school’s basement boiler room.
—Lillian Brown, Vulture, 17 May 2024
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Brittany Anas, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
His predecessor’s girlfriend was in the boiler room and saw a captain-like figure looking down at her from overhead.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
The waste sawdust was automatically piped away by a vacuum-like collection system, then sent through a chute and down a pipe into the boiler room.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2024
When Working Girl: The Musical is chosen instead, Louise helps Gene stage a guerilla production in the school’s basement boiler room.
—Lillian Brown, Vulture, 17 May 2024
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“Boiler room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boiler%20room. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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