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Similar to Southern-favorite icebox cakes, this Charlotte Russe Cake, which has a history that goes back hundreds of years, doesn't require you to turn the oven on.—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025 Lunn promised to provide low-cost necessities—groceries, coal, and ice for the pre-electric era iceboxes—by starting city-run businesses to compete with private merchants who exploited their poor customers.—Time, 22 July 2025 This icebox cake looks as impressive as a classic Southern layer cake, but doesn't require turning on the oven.—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 27 June 2025 Before refrigerators and iceboxes, high-fire, nonporous pottery was essential to life—the Tupperware or Ziploc bags of the 19th century.—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for icebox
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