caboose
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caboose
- /kəˈbuːs/
Rhymes with -uːs
Where it comes from
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”).
noun cabooses · cabeese · caboosen · camboose · cambouse
- A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel.
- A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship. On the second day out, while sailing moderately on our course in the Gulf Stream, a sudden squall of wind struck the ship from the SW. and knocked her completely on her beam-ends, stove one of our boats, entirely destroyed two others, and threw down the cambouse.
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The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van.
Similar: guard's van
- The buttocks. That's a pretty big caboose for a baby.
- The person or team in last place.
- A youngest child who is born after a long gap in time. Jimmy was seven and had just finished first grade, so that made Nancy our caboose baby — our bonus child — our swan song.
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noun last car on a train
| Español | furgón de cola, vagón de cola, cabús |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 守車 /守车 shǒuchē |
| Deutsch | Güterzugbegleitwagen, Bremserwagen |
| Русский | за́дний тормозно́й ваго́н zádnij tormoznój vagón, тормозно́й ваго́н сза́ди tormoznój vagón szádi |
noun sports: person or team in the last place
| Español | colista |
|---|---|
| Русский | аутса́йдер autsájder |
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title = {caboose},
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