platform car

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noun

a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.

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Nearby words

plater, plateresque, plateware, platform, platform bed, platform car, platform frame, platform game, platform rocker, platform scale, platform shoe

Origin of platform car

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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Examples from the Web for platform car

On the platform-car he found the soldiers and their commander, sitting silent and unconcerned as before.
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