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caboose

[kuh-boos] / kəˈbus /
NOUN
buggy
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NOUN
galley
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The group came together at Sedalia, Mo., high school, scrounged up money and bought a caboose from a local salvage yard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The band has kicked off previous albums in New York with great fanfare, once rolling down Fifth Avenue on a flatbed truck and on another occasion riding on a caboose into Grand Central Terminal.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2023

An old railroad caboose has been transformed into The Railway Cafe, offering coffee, light breakfast and lunch.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

It’s not for everyone, but going into the Train Shack, seeing Todd and Mindy and Chris and getting a new chimney for your Christmas caboose — that’s a good activity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

When the train finally stopped, its caboose was maybe a hundred feet beyond the trestle.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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