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hopper car
[ hop-er kahr ]
noun
Railroads.
- a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that bulk cargo can be quickly discharged through its bottom.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hopper car1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Union Pacific railroad said in a statement that the people were found in two cars on the train traveling east from Eagle Pass bound for San Antonio: 12 in a shipping container and three in a hopper car.
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Hours later, agents discovered 11 more individuals locked inside another grain hopper car in a separate train inspection.
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Would one of the railroad guards climb up to the hopper car, open the turret, and shine his light down inside the car?
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There was a steel ladder on the side of the hopper car.
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Lupita glanced back over her shoulder at the hopper car with horror!
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