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
From train cabooses to treehouses and even helicopters, Airbnb’s inventory is full of innovative vacation homes — and a new report is revealing the most popular one in North Carolina.
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Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2025
Since Haire’s started selling shrimp out of a train caboose in the 1980s, the family-run restaurant has expanded and received both local and national acclaim; Chance the Rapper frequently promotes it as his favorite shrimp in the city.
—Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
The ads were more than just a passing attempt to hitch a corporate caboose to a runaway social media locomotive.
—Kff Health News, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
Book one of their cabins or train cabooses for an overnight stay.
—Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
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Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2025
Since Haire’s started selling shrimp out of a train caboose in the 1980s, the family-run restaurant has expanded and received both local and national acclaim; Chance the Rapper frequently promotes it as his favorite shrimp in the city.
—Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
The ads were more than just a passing attempt to hitch a corporate caboose to a runaway social media locomotive.
—Kff Health News, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
Book one of their cabins or train cabooses for an overnight stay.
—Jennifer Broome, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caboose
Noun
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Jury selection for Karen Read's retrial on murder and other charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe, resumes Thursday with just one more seat to fill.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Because Sai's group attended Tribal Council first, she was denied a spot on the Survivor 48 jury and that first seat went to Cedrek instead.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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Ironically, her swollen face looks plump and round despite her partial buccal fat removal — a procedure that extracts the soft pads of tissue found inside the cheeks to create a slimmer face.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With a step-through design, smaller wheels, and tight, (relatively) apartment-friendly proportions, long tails are imminently approachable.—
Chris Cona,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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It was photographed on April 6 at magnitude 8.4 with a bright green coma and a thin tail, reported by Sky and Telescope.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Nearly 60 percent of veteran voters backed T rump, while roughly 40 percent cast their vote for Harris.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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But a rump of conservative Catholic traditionalists with money and political power are fomenting division.—
R. R. Reno,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2018
Noun
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Inspired by the Bauhaus movement, the ride has geometric shapes adorning its Blu Corse Matte bodywork, coming together in the rear to create a trident, which, of course, is the marque’s logo.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
28 Mar. 2025
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Finally, the power supply is plugged into the socket on the turntable’s rear before turning on the mains power.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Caboose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caboose. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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