freight train
Noun
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Noun
freight train (plural freight trains)
- A train used for the transportation of freight.
- (by extension) A large, unstoppable force; a juggernaut.
- 2010, Richard D. Jensen, The Nicest Fella: The Life of Ben Johnson. the World Champion Rodeo Cowboy Who Became an Oscar-winning Movie Star, iUniverse ISBN 9781440196782
- Williams was known as an unstoppable freight train of a guy, a man who was unfazed by pain and unafraid of getting hurt.
- 2010, Carolanne Allen, Living in the Light ... A Message of Love and Healing, Lulu.com ISBN 9781445298320, page 367
- My estimable love and gratitude go out to my family for their continued support and patience in standing by me over the past months while I literally withdrew from life to 'grab a tail feather' and fly with this runaway freight-train of a project.
- 2012, Robert Graves, Seven Days in New Crete, Penguin UK ISBN 9780141970929
- BenYeshu's theory was that 'these experiments will supply the necessary data as to when and why the freight train of civilization leapt the rails'.
- 2010, Richard D. Jensen, The Nicest Fella: The Life of Ben Johnson. the World Champion Rodeo Cowboy Who Became an Oscar-winning Movie Star, iUniverse ISBN 9781440196782
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