"Boxy" Quotes from Famous Books
... plain square boxlike device, attached to the chair and so placed that it would be directly in front of the eyes of anyone sitting there. Ropes were reeved through pulleys in the ceiling, for raising the wire-ball device to permit entrance. And standing ready around it, were four ... — The Affair of the Brains • Anthony Gilmore
... the days passed there seemed no question of their complete success. Bill fabricated his rocker, a primitive, boxlike device with a blanket screen and transverse slats below. It was faster than the pan, even rude as it was, and it caught all but the finer particles of gold. Hazel helped operate the rocker, and took her turn at shoveling or ... — North of Fifty-Three • Bertrand W. Sinclair
... he caught the first glimpse of the village. Beneath him lay some brown cubes which he knew to be boxlike upper stories to the houses ... — The Blue Envelope • Roy J. Snell |