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General Slang
Doc in a box
· phrase · medical
A small walk-in clinic, no appointment needed.
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Definitions
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American slang for a freestanding urgent-care or walk-in clinic, often in a strip mall next to a nail bar. The 'box' is the prefab unit; the 'doc' is whoever's on shift. Used both fondly (cheap, fast, no wait) and dismissively (assembly-line medicine).
“Couldn't get a GP slot for a fortnight so I just went to the doc in a box on the high street.”
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Doc in a box In A Sentence
Couldn't get a GP slot for a fortnight so I just went to the doc in a box on the high street.
Origin & Usage
American English, 1980s, as freestanding urgent-care chains proliferated.
Variants
doc-in-a-box
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