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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pay train en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (from pay (noun), historical) A train carrying people’s wages.
  2. (from pay (adjective)) A train for which tickets are bought on board rather than at the station beforehand.
    • Besides, is not the pay-train from Leeds disgorging a clutch of poets every lunch time, to read authentic texts aloud? 1977, Angela Carter, “The Paris of the North”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 216:
    • Why was there not more talk about destaffing, pay trains, or simplified signalling or single-tracking? 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:

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