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  • noun Plural form of boxspring.

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Examples

  • Platform beds are a naturally great choice for white finishes because they are streamlined and simple – without cluttering your space with boxsprings or bed ruffles, you have more clean lines to devote to white design.

    Colorful Bedroom Decorating Ideas and Pictures for Kids 2009

  • Of course, I did have to push a queen mattress and boxsprings to the curb in that rain because they are only fit for the trash after the Salvation Army refused them.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Poetry Friday: A Blood-Nipt, Greasy Foulness tanita davis 2008

  • April 7, 2008 at 7:46 am wen i had two kittehs (wun haz sins disappeerded, *sniff*) tehy wuld clime insied teh boxsprings on owr bed (froo teh hole tehy maed for dis very purpos) an haz wrestlefest insied teh box springs at 1 a.m. ebree nite.

    Basement Cat VS. Ceiling Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • And AWB: I have known several people whose mattresses/boxsprings sit on the floor.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2008

  • You see, there are no boxsprings, there is nothing but the very thick Mexican king-size mattress, it weighs slightly less than my car, and to lift it would break the back of anyone who wasn't used to it.

    Does everyone have a Maid and Gardner? 2005

  • Anyway, the one thing we needed for it were mattresses and boxsprings.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2007

  • Waves lapped at our boxsprings, but our covers were still warm and dry.

    EP Flash: Mount Dragon 2005

  • Waves lapped at our boxsprings, but our covers were still warm and dry.

    EP Flash: Wetting the Bed 2005

  • Waves lapped at our boxsprings, but our covers were still warm and dry.

    EP Flash: Wetting the Bed 2005

  • I had wires all over my head, my hair was messier than the old sock conveniently stuffed between Pervy's mattress and boxsprings at home and there were wires coming out of my shirt and shorts in every direction.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2002

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