Meaning & use
cattle car
A railway freight car built to transport livestock, or a crowded vehicle used to move people in cramped, inhumane conditions.
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Ranchers loaded the steers into a cattle car bound for the stockyards early that morning.
Historians describe how prisoners were packed into cattle cars during forced deportations in the war.
A note on using this word
Beyond its literal use for livestock transport, cattle car is often used figuratively for any overcrowded, degrading form of transport.
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