Box and Cox

English Etymology From the characters of the 1847 farce Box and Cox (farce) Box and Cox by John Maddison Morton, in which an unscrupulous landlady rents a room to two men, one during the day and one at night. Proper noun p en UK often attributively Two people who occupy the same post or location in an alternating arrangement. Derived terms en box and cox verb Adverb - en UK Occupying the same post or location in an alternating arrangement. en They lived Box and Cox. en coordinated pairs eponyms rhyming phrases