ca|boose

ca|boose
ca|boose «kuh BOOS», noun.
1. a small car on a freight train in which the conductor and trainmen can work, rest, and sleep. It is usually the last car. »

You would be all worn out weeks before the little red caboose behind the 6½ million freight cars came in sight (Newsweek).

2. a kitchen the deck of a ship: »

A thin cloud of smoke, that arose from the caboose, showed that the crew were already preparing their evening meal (G. A. McCall).

 SYNONYM(S): galley.
3. any similar small deck-house: »

The captain had his quarters in one of the cabooses, under the bridge between the two paddle boxes (New Yorker).

╂[American English, perhaps < Dutch kabuyse ship's supply room, galley]

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  • Boose — Boose, v. i. To drink excessively. See {Booze}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • boose — I. ˈbüs noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English boos; akin to Old English bōsig cow stall, Old Norse bās, Gothic bansts barn, Old English bindan to bind more at bind dialect Britain : a stall for a horse or a cow II …   Useful english dictionary

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