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Car A loose quantity term sometimes used to describe the amount of a commodity underlying one commodity contract; e.g., "a car of bellies." Derived from the fact that quantities of the product specified in a contract once corresponded closely to the capacity of a railroad car. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Snohomish County Environmental Health Specialist Phebe Wall said the hang-up is whether to define Henson's carfuls of stuff as "garbage. They hauled carfuls of boomers to drive-in movies, played baseball with them in the back yard, spent Christmas Eves assembling bicycles. |
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