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noun
1.
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
2.
British. a kitchen on the deck of a ship; galley.
3.
Slang. the buttocks.
Origin:
1740–50; < early modern Dutch cabūse (Dutch kabuis) ship's galley, storeroom; compare Low German kabuus, kabüse, Middle Low German kabuse booth, shed; further origin uncertain
1740–50; < early modern Dutch cabūse (Dutch kabuis) ship's galley, storeroom; compare Low German kabuus, kabüse, Middle Low German kabuse booth, shed; further origin uncertain
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Caboose
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World English Dictionary
| caboose (kəˈbuːs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | informal (US) short for calaboose |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) railways a guard's van, esp one with sleeping and eating facilities for the train crew |
| 3. | nautical |
| a. a deckhouse for a galley aboard ship or formerly in Canada, on a lumber raft | |
| b. chiefly (Brit) the galley itself | |
| 4. | (Canadian) |
| a. a mobile bunkhouse used by lumbermen, etc | |
| b. an insulated cabin on runners, equipped with a stove | |
| [C18: from Dutch cabūse, of unknown origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
caboose
1747, "ship's cookhouse," from M.Du. kambuis "ship's galley," from Low Ger. kabhuse "wooden cabin on ship's deck;" probably a compound whose elements correspond to English cabin and house. Railroading sense is by 1859.
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Slang Dictionary
caboose definition[kəˈbus]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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