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Definition of Boxcar
1. Noun. A freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides.
Definition of Boxcar
1. Noun. (American English) An enclosed railroad freight car, especially one with a sliding door (traditionally used by hobos). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boxcar
1. a roofed freight car [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boxcar
Literary usage of Boxcar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. State of the Art in Probability and Statistics: Festschrift for Willem R by Mathisca de Gunst, Chris Klaassen, A. W. van der Vaart (2001)
"This is still too ambitious but in Section 4 inverses are obtained for a subclass
that contains the boxcar. Finally, in Section 5 we compute the MISE for ..."
2. Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Annual Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference (1993)
"In other words, the boxcar still has a role in ensuring that the interstates do
... While trucks may have captured much of the boxcar traffic that had moved ..."
3. Competition Policy in OECD Countries, 1993-1994 by (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1997)
"The FTC alleged that the acquisition would significantly decrease competition in
the United States and Canada boxcar operating lease market. ..."
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