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box·car

 (bŏks′kär′)
n.
1. A fully enclosed railroad car, typically having sliding side doors, used to transport freight.
2. boxcars A throw of two dice that turns up six spots on each.
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Noun1.boxcars - (usually plural) an expression used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing six spots
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
12, dozen, twelve, XII - the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
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