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refrigerator car
noun
- a freight car having either an ice chest or machinery for chilling perishables and sometimes having a heating unit to keep perishables from freezing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of refrigerator car1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences
Using an innovative system of refrigerator cars and distribution centres, they began to distribute fresh beef nationwide.
From The Guardian
On Thursday, police stopped a truck barreling down the highway with 146 migrants, including 55 children riding in a refrigerator car.
From Washington Post
His body was brought home in a refrigerator car meant for oysters.
From New York Times
At the railroad station, a few yards away, a Grad rocket was stuck in a refrigerator car.
From US News
The team will methodically open the remaining refrigerator cars containing the body bags in the coming days, taking them out one at a time to ready them for an international flight.
From Washington Post
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