freight car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of freight car
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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The maker of railroad freight car equipment reported disappointing fiscal third-quarter earnings.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022
Seeing no future in Eastern Europe, he escaped to Vienna, hiding in a freight car loaded with medical supplies.
From New York Times • May 31, 2020
While there are no U.S. passenger-car builders, CRRC’s success has fueled a backlash by American freight companies, which fear the company will encroach on the country’s far bigger freight car market.
From Reuters • May 9, 2019
Collins chased the train until it stopped again and she pulled her daughter from underneath the freight car.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2018
On a railroad siding off the main tracks, men in linty overalls were loading big pasteboard boxes full of cotton thread onto a freight car.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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