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ferry wagons

ferry wagons is the plural of ferry wagon.

Meaning of ferry wagon

Noun

ferry wagon (plural ferry wagons)

  1. (UK, dated) Any type of goods wagon built for train ferry traffic to and from continental Europe.
    • One train ferry wagon, with the inscription "On hire to L.N.E.R.," was carrying British prisoners; and another odd sight was an L.N.E.R. container on a German flat wagon, offering "Door to Door Transport."1946 March and April, “Notes and News: Train Watching in a P.O.W. Camp”, in Railway Magazine, page 117

Questions about ferry wagons

What is ferry wagons the plural of?
Ferry wagons is the plural of ferry wagon.

Words near ferry wagons in the dictionary

  1. ferry cars
  2. Ferry County
  3. ferry van
  4. ferry vans
  5. ferry wagon
  6. ferry wagons
  7. ferry-boat
  8. ferry-boats
  9. ferry-man
  10. ferryable
  11. ferryage

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