: very large
the judge awarded her a boxcar figure
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Adjective
a boxcar pile of paper
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John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Hines' father worked as a boxcar cutter for the Milwaukee Road, the city's eponymous railroad.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2022
The modernist gem — a pristine example of Neutra’s boxcar style — is a fitting home for Grey.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
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Noun
The quiet was occasionally interrupted by the boxcar roar of a cart full of books being wheeled across the strip-wood flooring.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Hines' father worked as a boxcar cutter for the Milwaukee Road, the city's eponymous railroad.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
As the Great Depression deepened in the early 1930s, an even more cruel twist was coming: White residents of Silvis complained that the Mexicans living in the rail yard didn’t have to pay property taxes on their boxcar homes.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2022
The modernist gem — a pristine example of Neutra’s boxcar style — is a fitting home for Grey.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
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“Boxcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxcar. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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