: very large
the judge awarded them a boxcar figure
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Adjective
a boxcar pile of paper
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Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
In October of 1943, the then elderly Pollok, his wife, and their son and daughter were packed into boxcars with Rome’s other Jews and sent to Auschwitz, where the whole family would be murdered a few weeks later.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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Noun
While Herb was in a boxcar on a train as a POW, a plane opened fire on them, and several people Herb was with were killed, including someone just a few feet away.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
In October of 1943, the then elderly Pollok, his wife, and their son and daughter were packed into boxcars with Rome’s other Jews and sent to Auschwitz, where the whole family would be murdered a few weeks later.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
Among many items featured is the rich discovery of a guitar that belonged to a woman who was part of a trio of singers who performed at a boxcar church.
—Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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“Boxcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boxcar. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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