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wrecking car

noun

Railroads.
  1. a car that is equipped as a wrecker. Compare wrecker ( def 2 ).


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of wrecking car1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Instead of the nondescript trucks and decrepit coaches of the ordinary Chinese 'accommodation,' there was in tow just one caboose-like vehicle, labeled in clear English a ' wrecking car.'

“Here, men,” he called to his assistants on the wrecking car, “fetch this fellow into the shanty yonder.”

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“The best thing to do is to get a wrecking car here; meantime, the trestle should be guarded.”

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“The wrecking car is going to the bridge, Fairbanks,” said the official.

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The entrance of the piece of sandwich into the stomach—that is, the small pieces that we were able to blast off with the imperfect appliances at hand in the tool box of a wrecking car—was signaled by the worst rebellion that has been witnessed in this country since 1860.

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