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skeleton car
noun
, Railroads.
- a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
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Origin of skeleton car1
First recorded in 1935–40
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