caboose

Example Sentences

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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

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 it comes to funding, "we're always the caboose of the train," Clegg said of his county.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022

Then she handed me a red lantern, the kind that hangs on the back of a train's caboose.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell