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- noun A
railroad car
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Examples
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But that the rail-carriage fills my head with noises of devil-drums
Kim 2003
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Again the differences in gauges make rail-carriage of inter-State freight difficult and costly.
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But that the rail-carriage fills my head with noises of devil-drums I would go in it to Benares now ...
Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I believe he thinks I should drop off my head and leave it under the seat of the rail-carriage if he didn't take care of it ....
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898
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(It was left behind, under one of the rail-carriage seats.)
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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(It was left behind, under one of the rail-carriage seats.)
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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I believe he thinks I should drop off my head and leave it under the seat of the rail-carriage if he didn't take care of it ....
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1833
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