box about, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

box about v.

also bax-bout

[to carry one’s boxes, i.e. possessions, around; but see box-about n.]

to move from place to place without any steady job; also as adj., aimless, drifting.

1995

Francis-Jackson Official Dancehall Dict. 4: Bax-bout (derog.) to drift aimlessly: u. bax-bout bwoy.