carbarn

[ kahr-bahrn ]

noun

1. a large building for the housing and maintenance of streetcars, railroad cars, or buses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbarn¹

First recorded in 1865–70; car ¹ + barn ¹

Example Sentences

Quickly A.F. of L. organized a maintenance men's union, raced to Mayor Edward Jeffries demanding that it be recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for the operators and that it have exclusive use of carbarn bulletin boards.

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Next day the conductors showed up to picket the carbarn.

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He broadcast instructions to the strikers to return to work at the next 5:30 a.m. shift and sent two soldiers to raise an American flag over the carbarn where the strikers made their headquarters.

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Alfred W. McCann: "Professional dirty work long obsolete even among the carbarn and gashouse gangs."

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