caboose
caboose _DC_ ~ [term seems to have come into English in the Dutch maritime sense of 'cook's cabin or gally' -> stove on a boat. Sense 1 1853-1913 'cook's caboose on deck'. _Hist. only._ _DARE_ ~ n¹ 1 'cook's gally on a vessel' _arch, obs_ (1747-1926) _...
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| Language: | English |
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1989
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19024 |
| Summary: | caboose _DC_ ~ [term seems to have come into English in the Dutch maritime sense of 'cook's cabin or gally' -> stove on a boat. Sense 1 1853-1913 'cook's caboose on deck'. _Hist. only._ _DARE_ ~ n¹ 1 'cook's gally on a vessel' _arch, obs_ (1747-1926) _OED_ ~ 1 'diminutive substitute in a gally. (1769-79) SMYTH Earliest _DNE_ cite is 1916 (in Withdrawn file) I guess we still _Withdraw_? G. M. Story JUN. 28 1989 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 12 Jul 2016 |
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