goods train
noun British.
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Origin of goods train
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby goods train
goods engine, Good Shepherd, good-sized, good sort, good speed, goods train, goods wagon, goods yard, good-tempered, good thing, good time
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Example sentences from the Web for goods train
But this they could not do, for neither could the stove go by a passenger train nor they themselves go in a goods-train.
A goods-train had come in ten minutes before, for which he had had to turn the points, and he never turned them back again.
Johnny Ludlow. First Series|Mrs. Henry WoodAs they crossed the railway-bridge a goods-train ran underneath and puffed smoke into the mare's eyes.
Tales of the Five Towns|Arnold BennettThe Rob Roy was therefore sent by itself in a goods-train, the very first separation between us for three months.