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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caboose/kəˈbuːs/

▶noun

1 N. Amer. a railway wagon with accommodation for the train crew, typically attached to the end of the train.

2 archaic a kitchen on a ship's deck.

– origin C18: from Du. kabuis, kombuis.

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