baggage car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of baggage car
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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That’s because his win here in 2019 not only shocked everyone but removed 11 years of injury, controversy, failure and self-doubt: a whole baggage car of burdens, unloaded with one win.
From Washington Post
There, the crate was shoved into a baggage car, where Brown fell on his side before being pushed head down again aboard the steamer to Philadelphia.
From Washington Post
Its circulation rose to four hundred a week, and Edison took over much of the baggage car.
From The New Yorker
His casket was placed in a special baggage car, Union Pacific said.
From Fox News
The last such cortege, for Dwight Eisenhower in 1969, involved a specially prepared baggage car.
From Washington Post
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