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noun

a railroad car used as a dormitory for construction and maintenance workers.

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Also called camp car.

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The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
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A Charlie Hebdo reporter said that security provision had been relaxed in the last month or so and the police car disappeared.
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The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.
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They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
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But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
At six o'clock I felt once more the welcome motion of a Railroad car, and at eight was in Venice.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The wheezy, crazy mechanism of the car went to bits in unexpected places.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Mais ce n'est pas de merveille; car, comme j'ay dict, ils sont enfans.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various