as in seat
the part of the body upon which someone sits
I couldn't even make it down the bunny slope without ending up on my caboose
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Recent Examples of caboose
Even if Higashioka rides the caboose of the Padres’ potent batting lineup.
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
See inside a 1929 dining car, a caboose, and the Flying Duchess (one of only a few British trains in the U.S.).
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
Here, visitors can spot an outdoor display of a Grand Canyon Railway steam locomotive and a caboose, as well as portions of the old Fray Marcos Hotel, which is one of the original Harvey Houses.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2024
The couple purchased the cabooses on Facebook Marketplace and positioned them where an old railway line used to exist on the property.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 18 July 2024
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
See inside a 1929 dining car, a caboose, and the Flying Duchess (one of only a few British trains in the U.S.).
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
Here, visitors can spot an outdoor display of a Grand Canyon Railway steam locomotive and a caboose, as well as portions of the old Fray Marcos Hotel, which is one of the original Harvey Houses.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2024
The couple purchased the cabooses on Facebook Marketplace and positioned them where an old railway line used to exist on the property.
—Troy Smith, Axios, 18 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for caboose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caboose
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The Rain Forest portion of the spa features heated seats, a chilled room for cryotherapy, and an outdoor portion with swings, day beds, and a hot tub.Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Williamson County seat is under an emergency status 1 water shortage.Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!Clement Clarke Moore, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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His cheeks were hollow, and a grizzled beard, which hadn’t seen a proper shave in weeks, made his face look older and all the more haggard.Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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McGowan is hidden among other travelers on the platform, and Bonnie can be seen looking into the face of each one eagerly, her ears perked up and her tail starting to wag as McGowan gets closer, the dog possibly picking up on her scent.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Other than being four-legged and having a long tail, the gorgonopsian wouldn’t have looked very doglike, Angielczyk said.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
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Here, Count Orlick (an utterly transformed and unrecognizable Bill Skarsgard), is anything but a looker, a towering slithery freak with long, icicle-like talons as thick as a rump roast, whose Romanian accent is saddled with Darth Vader-like breathing issues.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Male common wombats have been observed aggressively chasing females and leaving deep, painful bites on their rumps, puncturing their skin.Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The entry point is the Dining Room, a two-deck affair that can seat 1,170 guests, which is located at the rear of decks 2 and 3.David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
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Passengers in the rear are also treated to individual screens positioned on the back of each front seat.New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Caboose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caboose. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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