refrigerator car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of refrigerator car
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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His body was brought home in a refrigerator car meant for oysters.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2018
He was born April 6, 1937, in Bakersfield in a converted refrigerator car less than 100 yards from a heavily used Southern Pacific railroad main line.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vladimir Dudin, 38, lives for days, sometimes weeks, at a time in a converted refrigerator car on a siding at the Suifenhe train station.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1857 the first refrigerator car was attempted and in 1859 the first Pullman sleeping car introduced.
From Time Magazine Archive
One night we slept in a refrigerator car, where I felt as if icicles were forming on my spine.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
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