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[ boks-kahr ] / ˈbɒksˌkɑr /
nounRailroads. a completely enclosed freight car. boxcars, a pair of sixes on the first throw of the dice in the game of craps. adjectiveInformal. extremely or disproportionately large: The business had boxcar profits during its first year. Origin of boxcarAn Americanism dating back to 1855–60; box1 + car1 Words nearby boxcarbox bolt, boxboy, box calf, box camera, box canyon, boxcar, box chronometer, box coat, box column, box cornice, box cutter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for boxcarRick and company are out of the boxcar inside Terminus, the “sanctuary for all” which may or may not be filled with cannibals. Daryl and Carol Reunite in New Walking Dead Teaser Trailer|The Daily Beast|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST "You had boxcar loads of currency" moving across borders, says Michael Spencer, an economist who has written about this period. Get Ready to Barter Like it's 1919|Noah Kristula-Green|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST Upon reaching the end of the line, Rob emptied his boxcar and placed 10 yellow pawns on the Dachau card. Brenda Brathwaite: Holocaust Game Designer|Ben Crair|December 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST But at one point in Cupertino, all but five pawns were on a card or in a boxcar. Brenda Brathwaite: Holocaust Game Designer|Ben Crair|December 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When Rob was the first to move a boxcar to the end of the line, he followed the rules and drew a Terminus card. Brenda Brathwaite: Holocaust Game Designer|Ben Crair|December 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST Now he hurried to pass down the train to a boxcar with an open door. David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney I went in and searched this boxcar out, and come out of there, and by that time they were already in the building, I supposed. Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy No sir; this was a caboose of a boxcar, that is what it was, sitting there. Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy With Dan he darted to the boxcar whose door had been pulled shut from the inside. Dan Carter and the Great Carved Face|Mildred A. Wirt Behind the engine was a vehicle like a boxcar low hung on wheels. Automobile Biographies|Lyman Horace Weeks
British Dictionary definitions for boxcar
nounUS and Canadian a closed railway freight van Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |