cattle car
Americannoun
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Railroads. stock car.
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Slang. a railroad passenger car providing little comfort and few amenities.
Etymology
Origin of cattle car
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Her journey, and that of my parents, began by railroad, crammed in a cattle car in Latvia that eventually took them to a refugee camp in Austria.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2022
He remembers watching through a hole in the wall of a cattle car as American soldiers rolled in with tanks.
From Washington Times • Feb. 5, 2019
She recalls how the families cried and ran after the cattle car she and around 50 girls were packed into as it travelled to the spa town of Poprad.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017
He and his brother are getting off the dank cattle car with Miriam and Sharon.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2015
Another cattle car awaited me, and so did another camp, but at least I had gotten away from Moonface for good.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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