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Meanings of brainbox in anglès

An intelligent person.

Usage of brainbox in anglès
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The resident brainbox of British dance is always questing for new territory.
The Guardian
2
A brainbox, then, are you? She fixed me with a narrow-eyed stare.
Another life altogether: a novel
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Because, frankly, I'm not sure you can fit more than one idea and a half in that brainbox of yours.
The Burning Dark
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It doesn't take a brainbox to see that Kate Emily must have a chance in a two-mile handicap on the Saturday.
The Irish Times
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He published his discoveries in The Starry Messenger and the Pope declared him a brainbox and a party was thrown in his honour.
The Irish Times
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Few people in history have achieved greater fame in a shorter period with less useful activity in the brainbox than Gen. Thomas J. Jackson.
A walk in the woods: rediscovering america on the appalachian tr...
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The BBC's gently teasing brainbox Evan Davis asked minister David Willetts whether the plan amounted to the hope that all government policies would work well.
The Guardian
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'No, but what do you think in that great big whirling brainbox of yours?
Kalooki Nights
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'For not having a brainbox the size of his?'
Kalooki Nights
Brainbox through the time