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Definition of Cabooses
1. caboose [n] - See also: caboose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabooses
Literary usage of Cabooses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1883)
"... etc. ; that they were always there waiting when the trains came ; that it was
the duty of the inspectors to inspect all the care and cabooses; ..."
2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1910)
"12 thereby leaving a space of that distance between the two cabooses ... But before
the space between the cabooses in front of the depot was closed at all ..."
3. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"cabooses arriving at a yard ordinarily return over the same division instead of
going forward. It is usually necessary, therefore, to locate caboose tracks ..."
4. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"It is usually necessary, therefore, to locate caboose tracks between the receiving
yard and the departure yard and to arrange them so that the cabooses can ..."
5. Senate Journal by Montana Legislative Assembly. Senate (1907)
"A Bill for an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the use of four wheeled cabooses,
known as "Dinky cabooses", on all railroad trains, operated in the State of ..."
6. Yards and Terminals and Their Operation by John Albert Droege (1906)
"cabooses arriving at a yard usually return over the same division, instead of
going forward. It is, therefore, usually necessary to locate caboose tracks ..."
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