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
As they moved the coffins out of the coroner’s truck, they’d say “rest in peace” or draw a cross on the pine box, or say goodbye.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 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
A few days later, Henrietta’s body made the long, winding train ride from Baltimore to Clover in a plain pine box, which was all Day could afford.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
