Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
boxcar [boks-kahr] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- Railroads. a completely enclosed freight car.
- boxcars, a pair of sixes on the first throw of the dice in the game of craps.
adjective
- Informal. extremely or disproportionately large: The business had boxcar profits during its first year.
Origin of boxcar An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; box1 + car1 Examples from the Web for boxcar Contemporary Examples of boxcar
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
“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
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
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
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
Historical Examples of boxcar
Now he hurried to pass down the train to a boxcar with an open door.
George S. Harney
The boxcar which had been on the siding near the factory was gone.
Richard Wilson
Behind the engine was a vehicle like a boxcar low hung on wheels.
Lyman Horace Weeks
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
British Dictionary definitions for boxcar boxcar noun
- US and Canadian a closed railway freight van
Word Origin and History for boxcar n.