platform car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of platform car
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Put a little dummy engine on these rails, and let it run to and fro along the platform car, while the platform car is pulled along the ground track.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry
Fancy that our locomotive is strong enough to pull the platform car over the two miles in two minutes.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry
On the platform car he found the soldiers and their commander sitting silent and unconcerned as before.
From Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 by Patten, William
The band from its station on a platform car boomed "Hail to the Chief," the engine whistle screaming an obligato.
From The Rainy Day Railroad War by Day, Holman
One of our shells was seen to pass along a platform car, thereby creating so much confusion as to delay General Pettigrew from coming immediately into action.
From Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) expedition, December, 1862 by Howe, W. W.
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