platform car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of platform car
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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
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
We pushed the platform car upon which howitzer No. 1 was mounted down to the gap, and began operations.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various
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