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boxed (up)

 

1. Sl. intoxicated. I am way boxed, and I feel sick. She got boxed up on gin.

2. Sl. in jail. I committed the crime, and I was boxed for a long time for it. Pat was boxed up for two days till we got bond money.

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boxed

mod. dead; died. (The box is possibly a coffin.) He’s boxed. There’s nothing that can be done.

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boxed

verb

See boxed up

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