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Leather.

...probably wrong but I need to put in an answer else I will spend another hour thinking about it!
 
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Austacker said:
Eureka Moments said:
Is it bigger than a breadbox?
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Can be bigger and smaller ?
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It's a saying:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadbox (see 'as a saying')

Taken from a show in the 50's called "Where's my line", they had to asked questions to find out what something is.

Steve: (using the first version of the famous question "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" that would become forever associated with him and the program) It's a product, I take it then, that you would use outside of the home, huh? Don't know how that came to me all of a sudden. Is it a large product, if you want to accept as a norm, something the size of a breadbox, let's say?
John: Yes, if a breadbox is your norm, it's a large product, yes.
Arlene: Wanna show us your breadbox, Steve?

It is also somewhat famous from the British version of 'The Office', used in a joke. If you want to see the joke, it's under the spoiler button on the first comment here: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=661543

American's say Breadbox, British say Breadbin.

And I now accept the title of Chief Joke Explainer ;)
 
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