All samples were kept in an icebox during delivery to the laboratory and the experiments were performed as soon as possible.
It would seem dated, like inquiring about the use of an electric refrigerator over an icebox or commenting on television as a new phenomenon.
Very few had electric lighting or owned a refrigerator, and a significant number could not even afford iceboxes.
I do not know what he means by "icebox".
The terrible cold and ensuing damp, and the mountainous snow and a chilling cold wind have turned my constituents' homes into iceboxes.
I am referring to the talks which are kept in the "icebox" in case somebody does not turn up, which can then be broadcast.
The government furnished power, water, coal for cooking, ice for iceboxes, lawn care, groundskeeping, garbage disposal, and, for bachelors only, maid service.
This was a normal household item before iceboxes came into regular use.