[Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Box Cars" (Craps Term)

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Boot_and_Shoe_Recorder/ZBg4AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=craps+boxcars&pg=RA4-PA119&printsec=frontcover

"Ah dun got he-uns sewed up in de lamp house" he told another man.
Goobers be spoutin' fo' he-uns box cars . " Which , being translated ,
meant he was locked up in jail , and peanuts  would be growing again
before he had a chance to shoot craps

October 19 1898.




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From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
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Date 22/12/2025 18:40:16
Subject Very Slight Antedating of "Box Cars" (Craps Term)

>box cars (OED, 2., 1909 [13 Nov.])
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>1909 Kansas City Star 10 Nov. 14/1 (Newspapers.com)
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>Coffroth poured out a pair of sixes (box cars) and blew the roll.
>
>Fred Shapiro
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