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crack train

crack train noun: fastest express train between two stops.

Noun

crack train (plural crack trains)

  1. (US, dated, dialectal) Fastest express train between two stops.
    • The crack train from New York.1988 Lawrence Davis, Pullman porter in the 1940s, quoted on Different Trains, by Steve Reich.
    Synonyms:
    express train, fast train

Synonyms of crack train

Antonyms

Forms of crack train

pluralcrack trains

Origin of crack train

From crack (“best, first-rate”).

Questions about crack train

What does crack train mean?
Crack train means fastest express train between two stops.
What part of speech is crack train?
Crack train is a noun.
What is the plural of crack train?
The plural of crack train is crack trains.

Words near crack train in the dictionary

  1. crack teams
  2. crack the egg
  3. crack the flags
  4. crack the whip
  5. crack through
  6. crack train
  7. crack trains
  8. crack up
  9. crack whore
  10. crack whores
  11. crack willow

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