The Collaborative International Dictionary
Balaam basket or box
Balaam \Ba"laam\, n.
A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out
a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's
ass speaking.
--Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant]
Balaam basket or box (Print.), the receptacle for rejected
articles.
--Blackw. Mag.
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