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trailer car

noun

Railroads.
  1. a second flatcar used for transporting an object or objects of excessive weight or length.

  2. a passenger car, not self-propelled, included in a train of self-propelled cars.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of trailer car1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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Example Sentences

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He not only knows what AirTags are and how they work, but has them on his trailer, car and labradoodle.

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An open “grip car” generated movement when a gripman pulled a handle to grasp a moving underground cable, while an unpowered, closed trailer car tagged along.

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It was noon, five hours before the start of 48th Annual Grammy Awards telecast, and Stone sat, placidly, in the trailer car of a stretch purple motorcycle in the parking lot of a Beverly Hills mini-mall.

The weight of each motor car with maximum live load is 88,000 pounds, and the weight of each trailer car 66,000 pounds.

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The locomotive weighed three tons, was twelve feet long, five feet wide, and made a speed of nine miles an hour with a trailer car for passengers.

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