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cold meat train

cold meat train noun: the last railway train of the night by which officers could reach Aldershot via the South Western Railway.

Noun

cold meat train (plural cold meat trains)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) The last railway train of the night by which officers could reach Aldershot via the South Western Railway.

Forms of cold meat train

pluralcold meat trains

Origin of cold meat train

So called because this train used to convey corpses to Woking on behalf of the London Necropolis Company.

Questions about cold meat train

What does cold meat train mean?
Cold meat train means the last railway train of the night by which officers could reach Aldershot via the South Western Railway.
What part of speech is cold meat train?
Cold meat train is a noun.
What is the plural of cold meat train?
The plural of cold meat train is cold meat trains.

Words near cold meat train in the dictionary

  1. cold meat
  2. cold meat box
  3. cold meat boxes
  4. cold meat cart
  5. cold meat carts
  6. cold meat train
  7. cold meat trains
  8. cold meats
  9. Cold Meece
  10. cold moon
  11. cold moons

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