dog box

noun

1. informal.
   a compartment in a railway carriage with no corridor
2. informal.
   disgrace; disfavour (in the phrase in the dog box )

Example Sentences

“I’m not used to sitting in a dog box,” said Ms. Ellis, as she showed a room of Melbourne academics pictures of her own “office” back home — the Ilparpa Claypans wilderness reserve, all red dirt and shallow water.

From New York Times

So in Season 2 she's very much in the dog box, and I think she's realized what a mistake she's made.

From Salon

I bought an old Ford truck with a dog box on it, found a shack in the woods in northern Minnesota, and tried training there.

From Literature

In 2002, red-haired CIA analyst Alfreda Scheuer, then known by her maiden name Bikowsky, traveled to a secret CIA prison to watch the torture of Al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah, who was waterboarded and locked in a “dog box,” Senate investigators reported.

From Reuters

In honor of the big day, she posted a throwback photo of her birthday cakes from two years ago, which resembled a hot dog, box of rice, fortune cookies and a croissant.

From Fox News