boxcar
Railroads. a completely enclosed freight car.
boxcars, a pair of sixes on the first throw of the dice in the game of craps.
Informal. extremely or disproportionately large: The business had boxcar profits during its first year.
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How to use boxcar in a sentence
When the kids eventually went to live with their grandfather and turned the boxcar into a playhouse, I felt duped and put the series down forever.
Rick 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 | THE DAILY BEAST"You had boxcar loads of currency" moving across borders, says Michael Spencer, an economist who has written about this period.
Upon reaching the end of the line, Rob emptied his boxcar and placed 10 yellow pawns on the Dachau card.
But at one point in Cupertino, all but five pawns were on a card or in a boxcar.
When Rob was the first to move a boxcar to the end of the line, he followed the rules and drew a Terminus card.
I recognized the reddish tan that comes from facing a hot wind on the top of a moving boxcar.
Nine Men in Time | Noel Miller LoomisBehind the engine was a vehicle like a boxcar low hung on wheels.
Automobile Biographies | Lyman Horace WeeksI was sleeping in a boxcar and they put that boxcar on a tugboat and sent it across the river.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyBlackie Bauer had been sitting in a boxcar with his legs sticking through the door when the train started with a jerk.
The Altar at Midnight | Cyril M. KornbluthWith 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
British Dictionary definitions for boxcar
/ (ˈbɒksˌkɑː) /
US and Canadian a closed railway freight van
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