SQUIRREL CAGE Definition & Meaning

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squirrel cage

[ skwur-uhl keyj, skwuhr-uhl ]

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noun

hamster wheel ( defs 1, 2 ).
a cage containing a hamster wheel.

squirrel cage

noun

a cage consisting of a cylindrical framework that is made to rotate by a small animal running inside the framework
a repetitive purposeless task, way of life, etc
Also calledsquirrel-cage motor electrical engineering the rotor of an induction motor with a cylindrical winding having copper bars around the periphery parallel to the axis
an electric fan with many long narrow blades arranged in parallel so as to form a cylinder about an axis around which they spin

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Origin of squirrel cage¹

First recorded in 1815–25

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The trick, Anne said, is opening the squirrel cages to put in food without the squirrels getting out.

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A squirrel cage provides nesting areas resembling Georgian town houses, along with a pet running wheel attached to mechanical figures who come to life when it turns.

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The ends are secured in flanges like the wires of a squirrel cage.

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The world whirls like a wheel in a squirrel cage which we all tread:––only to find ourselves together after travelling many, many miles at top speed!...

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It is the girl whirled around in a squirrel cage of pointless weekly and Sunday engagements who is oppressed and mastered by her lack of freedom.

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