fudge box

noun

(journalism, printing, historical) A mechanical contrivance into which linotype slugs containing late-breaking news are clamped.

The journalist opened the fudge box to reveal a collection of scandalous documents.

意味（1）

(journalism, printing, historical) A mechanical contrivance into which linotype slugs containing late-breaking news are clamped.

意味（2）

(journalism, by extension) A small blank area left in a newspaper layout for the insertion of late-breaking news.