cattle car
Americannoun
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Railroads. stock car.
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Slang. a railroad passenger car providing little comfort and few amenities.
Etymology
Origin of cattle car
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The Jewish girl and her family were first imprisoned in a ghetto on the outskirts of town and later forced onto a cattle car that took them to the Pechora concentration camp in 1941.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
After hiding in a barn with his parents and brother for several months at the onset of the war, Ron was sent in a cattle car to Plaszów, a forced labor camp, in March 1943.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
He remembers watching through a hole in the wall of a cattle car as American soldiers rolled in with tanks.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2019
She recalls how the families cried and ran after the cattle car she and around 50 girls were packed into as it travelled to the spa town of Poprad.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2017
It was cold along the wall of the cattle car.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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