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1. (n.) caboose
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usu. attached to the rear of the train.
2. caboose
a ship's galley.
Etymology: (1740–50; < early modern D cabūse (D kabuis) ship's galley )
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) galley, ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse
the area for food preparation on a ship
2. (noun) cabin car, caboose
a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) caboose
a house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley
2. (noun) caboose
a car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car
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