goods yard

American  

noun

British.

1. a railway freight yard.

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Etymology

Origin of goods yard

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

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goods yard

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

But all he saw upon his arrival was an untidy goods yard, littered with military stores, and peopled by British privates in the déshabille affected by the British Army when engaged in menial tasks.

From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay

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 Clara Stroebe

The Foreman Shunter took the boy in his arms and carried him away from the goods yard as he would have carried a baby.

From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith

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 H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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