Curiosity Box, Mr

Curiosity Box, Mr
   A nonce name used to a man who is trying to elicit information in Like Any Other Man, by Patrick Boyle. The speaker is a woman. ‘I know what you’re after, Mr Curiosity Box, but you’ll worm nothing out of me.’

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