hospital train
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hospital train
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The hospital train departed the border town of Przemysl and has five carriages adapted to transport the wounded and four stocked with humanitarian aid for Ukraine’s Lviv district.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2022
As a hospital train travelled through the Lancashire mill town of Accrington, a wounded soldier shouted out the window: "Accrington? Accrington Pals! They've been wiped out!"
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2016
Ramadi's main hospital, train station, nearly 2,000 homes, 64 bridges and much of the electricity grid were destroyed in fighting, a preliminary U.N. survey found last month.
From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2016
Jean Sabo was an Army nurse, assigned to a hospital train in Europe.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2013
When I am back again with Kropp I tell him apparently a hospital train comes in tomorrow morning.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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