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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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brake van

Part of Speechnoun

A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became more universal.

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