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
The cabooses each sleep three to four people, while the cabins come with a bed and sleeper sofa.
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Troy Smith, Axios, 18 July 2024
Caboose The caboose can be reserved exclusively for smaller parties in the 10-12 range.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2024
Six games on the West Coast — three against the class of the AL West and three versus the club occupying the division’s caboose.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
For the crime of being a snooze, Spiral is bringing up the caboose for the Saw train.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 1 June 2024
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Troy Smith, Axios, 18 July 2024
Caboose The caboose can be reserved exclusively for smaller parties in the 10-12 range.
—Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2024
Six games on the West Coast — three against the class of the AL West and three versus the club occupying the division’s caboose.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
For the crime of being a snooze, Spiral is bringing up the caboose for the Saw train.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 1 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caboose
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Sensing her low-grade panic, my friends moved a few seats down at the bar, leaving me and Janine to get into it.Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article In January, a security camera captured unnerving footage: what appeared to be a bear had forced its way into a Rolls Royce parked outside a home in the Southern California resort community of Lake Arrowhead, gouged the seats and thrashed the interior.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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What’s more, the pomades and powders can be used to sculpt the cheeks, fill in the brows, or line and color the lips.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2024
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Compared to a mask that’s gotten a lot of use, a fresh one will fit more snugly around the nose, cheeks, and chin and, in turn, catch particles more effectively.Korin Miller, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024
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Testers appreciated the Venture’s neutral profile, which transitions from zero-camber underfoot to a gentle rocker between the inserts, nose, and tail.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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After a semi-heated debrief with Kaitlyn and Byron, where she’s ordered to find a qualified handler for their pilot lioness, Joe picks up a tail on the highway and calls in Kyle for assistance, who’s already tracking her from the road about five minutes away.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 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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Like other Thomson’s gazelles, Cobbler also has a white patch on his rump extending underneath his tail, distinguishing him from the larger Grant’s gazelle, whose white patch extends above the tail.Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Administrative bloat already threatens to turn the professoriate into a university rump; a case like this, in which one aggrieved actor plays to the refs of not merely the managerial bureaucracy but of the state itself, only further undermines the necessary defense of academic autonomy.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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The fire erupted about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday outside the rear of a residence in the 3900 block of Ohio Avenue.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The walls are topped with an extruded aluminum lip for further mounting versatility, and while the trailer does not incorporate a hard tailgate, Zion does show a heavy-duty retention net for closing off the rear.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Caboose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caboose. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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