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Boxes funny fellows (5)

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cases

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This clue might be a double definition.

'boxes' is the first definition.
(I know this)

'funny fellows' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for cases that I've seen before include "Instances; containers" , "patients" , "Proceedings in a court of law" , "Law-suits or boxes" , "Clothes containers or court trials" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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