Police box/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Police box.

type of telephone box designed for contacting and supporting UK police, used from 1928 until the advent of police radios, and now only a few remaining; inspiration for the exterior shape of a famous time machine in BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who.