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pinebox

pinebox is the alternative form 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.

Forms of pinebox

pluralpineboxes

Questions about pinebox

What is pinebox the alternative form of?
Pinebox is the alternative form of pine box.

Words near pinebox in the dictionary

  1. pineasters
  2. pineau
  3. Pineaus
  4. pineberries
  5. pineberry
  6. pinebox
  7. pineboxes
  8. pinebranch
  9. pinebranches
  10. pinebush
  11. pineclad

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