goods wagon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goods wagon
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Footage on social media appeared to show grain being spilled onto a train track from a goods wagon at the Medyka crossing.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024
It was just ten when he came to Mr. Jackson, who was perched on a goods wagon, watching the jointing of the rails some distance from the encampment.
From Swift and Sure by Strang, Herbert
This carriage may be at will turned into a goods wagon or a passenger carriage for sixteen persons, with seats back to back, or an ambulance wagon for eight wounded persons.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
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