goods wagon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goods wagon
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Footage on social media appeared to show grain being spilled onto a train track from a goods wagon at the Medyka crossing.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024
This carriage may be at will turned into a goods wagon or a passenger carriage for sixteen persons, with seats back to back, or an ambulance wagon for eight wounded persons.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
It was just ten when he came to Mr. Jackson, who was perched on a goods wagon, watching the jointing of the rails some distance from the encampment.
From Swift and Sure by Strang, Herbert
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