caboose

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There were "belongings" of the cabin and caboose, the 'tween decks and the forecastle, all equally proclaiming themselves the debris of a castaway ship.

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  1. noun The last car on a freight train, having kitchen and sleeping facilities for the train crew.
  2. noun Obsolete A ship's galley.
  3. noun Obsolete Any of various cast-iron cooking ranges used in such galleys during the early 19th century.
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  • The caboose will be put in the parking lot next to the train depot that houses the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce, and will contain displays about the role of the railroad in Truckee. —  Sierra Sun - Top Stories
  • This was the original idea of Linda Life when the caboose was brought to its present location. —  Daily News-Record
  • -- Stealing a locomotive and a caboose is what Butler Actamey is accused of and an energetic search is being conducted for the man.
  • "Structurally the caboose is very sound," said Jim Stahlman, president of the Plymouth Historical Society. —  Madison.com - top
  • After spending about a year trying to decide what to do with the caboose, the Waunakee Parks Committee and Village Board in June approved finding it a new home. —  Madison.com - top
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  1. Possibly from obsolete Dutch cabuse, ship's galley, from Middle Low German kabūse : perhaps *kab-, cabin; akin to Old French cabane; see cabin + Middle High German hūs, house.

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  1. Also coboose; from Dutch kabuis = Middle Low German kabuse, Low German kabuse, kabüse (later G. kabuse) = Danish kabys = Swedish kabysa; also English camboose, from French cambuse, from Dutch kombuis, a ship's galley, formerly also a booth, hut, store-room; perhaps from same root as cabin, q. v.
 

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