platform car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of platform car
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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When the engine reaches B in one minute, the dummy, having gone a mile a-top the platform car, reaches B also.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry
On the platform car he found the soldiers and their commander sitting silent and imconcerned as before.
From The Denver Express From "Belgravia" for January, 1884 by Hayes, A. A.
Behind the platform car come ordinary baggage and passenger coaches, black with men in the same rough, devil-may-care scouting rig.
From Foes in Ambush by King, Charles
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
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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