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caboose
[ kuh-boos ]
noun
- a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
- British. a kitchen on the deck of a ship; galley.
- Slang. the buttocks.
caboose
/ °ìəˈ²ú³Ü˲õ /
noun
- informal.short for calaboose
- railways a guard's van, esp one with sleeping and eating facilities for the train crew
- nautical
- a deckhouse for a galley aboard ship or formerly in Canada, on a lumber raft
- the galley itself
- a mobile bunkhouse used by lumbermen, etc
- an insulated cabin on runners, equipped with a stove
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of caboose1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of caboose1
Example Sentences
The band has kicked off previous albums in New York with great fanfare, once rolling down Fifth Avenue on a flatbed truck and on another occasion riding on a caboose into Grand Central Terminal.
Disabled workers say they’re a canary in the coal mine: “If disability is on the caboose of the writing chain, we will be the first people to get pushed out.â€
An old railroad caboose has been transformed into The Railway Cafe, offering coffee, light breakfast and lunch.
“If disability is on the caboose of the writing chain, we will be the first people to get pushed out of jobs,†he tells The Times.
When it comes to funding, "we're always the caboose of the train," Clegg said of his county.
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