pine box
Example Sentences
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The body was then carried in a pine box, often made by the local cabinet maker, to the nearby graveyard where it was interred and eventually became one with the earth.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2022
Like the guy who said he’d leave Ole Miss in a pine box, shortly before the helicopter to Auburn landed.
From Fox News • Jun. 12, 2020
Quentin Lance -- If the police captain’s season-long redemption arc were to end with him occupying a pine box, that would certainly register on the emotional Richter scale.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2016
I’m going to get the cheapest pine box so it falls apart quickly.”
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2015
The men arrived with a plain pine box.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
