boxcar

[ boks-kahr ]

noun
  1. Railroads. a completely enclosed freight car.

  2. boxcars, a pair of sixes on the first throw of the dice in the game of craps.

adjective
  1. Informal. extremely or disproportionately large: The business had boxcar profits during its first year.

Origin of boxcar

1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; box1 + car1

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How to use boxcar in a sentence

  • One day all of us who were able to walk were made to fall in and march over to the railroad, where we were loaded into boxcars.

British Dictionary definitions for boxcar

boxcar

/ (ˈbɒksˌkɑː) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian a closed railway freight van

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