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pine boxes

pine boxes is the plural of pine box.

Meaning of pine box

Noun

pine box (plural pine boxes)

  1. (euphemistic) A coffin.
    • He'll appreciate me when I'm in a pine box pushing up daisies.1998, Frawley Becker, 411 Joseph: A Play in Two Acts (page 79)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pine, box.

Questions about pine boxes

What is pine boxes the plural of?
Pine boxes is the plural of pine box.

Words near pine boxes in the dictionary

  1. pine aphid
  2. pine aphids
  3. pine away
  4. Pine Bluff
  5. pine box
  6. pine boxes
  7. Pine Brook
  8. pine bunting
  9. pine buntings
  10. Pine Bush
  11. Pine Camp

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