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boiler room

boil·er room (plural boil·er rooms)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. room housing boiler: an area or room that houses one or more boilers for generating power or hot water

2. shady telesales operation: a room from which telemarketers using high-pressure sales tactics, usually by telephone and often illegal, try to sell financial products or real estate of questionable value ( informal )

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