box cars

Craps losing roll

Box cars is a dice roll showing double sixes—two dice each displaying six pips.

The term comes from the rectangular shape of the six-dot pattern, resembling a freight car viewed end-on.

In craps, box cars loses on the come-out roll: He threw box cars and crapped out.

Also spelled boxcars.

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dice roll value

box carssnake eyes

Pair of ones rolled

aces · two · low roll · deuce · minimum

craps outcome desirability

box carsnatural

Not artificially produced

seven · eleven · yo · winner · lucky roll

Family

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G