Meaning of cook car | Babel Free

Definitions

A horse-pulled wagon used to provide food for threshing crews.

Examples

“I was once marooned for two weeks in Dakota during a rainy spell on a farm, slept in a leaky barn, ate in a cook car and shivered the rest of the time.”

“Fortunately the cook car was close to the bunkhouse or we might have gone hungry during the three days, marooned by snow and cold.”

“In a good season we put in as many as 50 days on a cook car. Threshing machines and cook cars are a thing of the past since combines have taken over in the big wheat fields.”

“These cook cars were homemade and made to suit the particular needs and size of the crew.”

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