"cardboard-boxy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cardboard-boxy [comparative], most cardboard-boxy [superlative]
Etymology: From cardboard box + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cardboard box|-y}} cardboard box + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} cardboard-boxy (comparative more cardboard-boxy, superlative most cardboard-boxy)
  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a cardboard box. Tags: rare
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