caboose

  • 11Caboose (Red vs. Blue) — infobox RvB character name=Caboose caption=Images from Caboose s DVD character profiles. fullname=Private Michael J. Caboose affiliation=Blue color=Blue voice actor=Joel Heyman first appearance=3Private Michael J. Caboose is a main fictional… …

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  • 12Caboose (disambiguation) — A caboose is a railroad car normally used as the last car in a freight train.Caboose may also refer to:* Buttocks, in slang, due to a caboose being the rear end of a train. * Caboose ( Red vs. Blue ), a fictional character * Caboose (film), a… …

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  • 13caboose car — A car which is coupled at the rear end of a freight train and which is intended primarily for the accommodation of the men connected with the train. Shoemaker v Kingsbury (US) 12 Wall 369, 20 L Ed 432. It is, however, the car in which drovers… …

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  • 14caboose — noun Etymology: probably from Dutch kabuis, kombuis, from Middle Low German kabūse Date: 1769 1. a ship s galley 2. a freight train car attached usually to the rear mainly for the use of the train crew 3. one that follows or brings up the rear 4 …

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  • 15caboose — /keuh boohs /, n. 1. a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew s quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train. 2. Brit. a kitchen on the deck of a ship; galley. 3. Slang. the buttocks. [1740 50; < early modern D cabuse (D&#8230; …

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  • 16caboose — noun a) The last car on a freight train, having cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van. b) buttocks …

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  • 17caboose — Synonyms and related words: Pullman, Pullman car, baggage car, bakehouse, bakery, boxcar, camboose, car, carriage, chair car, coach, coal car, cookery, cookhouse, cookroom, covered waggon, cuisine, day coach, diner, dinghy, dining car, drawing&#8230; …

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  • 18caboose — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trainmen s car, rear car, crew car, boxcar, cab*; see also car 2 , train 2 …

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  • 19caboose — ca|boose [kəˈbu:s] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Dutch; Origin: cabuis, from Middle Low German kabuse] AmE a small railway carriage at the back of a train, usually where the person in charge of it travels British Equivalent: guard s van …

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  • 20caboose — ca|boose [ kə bus ] noun count AMERICAN 1. ) the back part of a train where the train workers sit 2. ) SPOKEN the part of your body that you sit on: BOTTOM …

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