platform car
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noun
a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.
Origin of platform car
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Historical Examples of platform car
On the platform-car he found the soldiers and their commander, sitting silent and unconcerned as before.