goods yard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goods yard
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The photograph was taken in late 1976 on a stairway next to Rehearsals Rehearsals, which at the time was part of a rundown railway goods yard.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2018
The scene was the goods yard of the railway where trucks had to be loaded with great bales of forage, sacks of grain, or cases of bully and biscuit for the personnel at railhead.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.
The youth had new clothes, and his mother went to town and sold the goods, yard by yard, and was handsomely paid for them.
From The Norwegian Fairy Book by Stroebe, Clara
The works of the Wilkes Metallic Flooring Company are in the goods yard of the Midland Railway Company at West Kensington.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 by Various
He turned back towards the goods yard of the Great Western Railway, wrenched up the standard of a tall arc light, a formidable mace for him, and flung it over his shoulder.
From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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