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caboose

ca·boose

UK/kəˈbuːs/ US/kʌˈbus/ uncommon informal obsolete slang us

noun

2.

a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train

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Origin

From Dutch kabuis, kombuis (“galley, kitchen”) or German Low German Kabüüs (“galley”), from Middle Dutch cabûse and Middle Low German kabûs, kabûse respectively. Cognate with German Kabüse, Kombüse, Danish kabys, Swedish kabyss, French combuse (< Middle Dutch kabuys). Probably related to English boose (“a stall or shed”).

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