crack train
English
Etymology
From crack (“best, first-rate”).
Noun
crack train (plural crack trains)
- (US, dialect, dated) Fastest express train between two stops.
- 1988 Lawrence Davis, Pullman porter in the 1940s, quoted on Different Trains, by Steve Reich.
- The crack train from New York.
- 1988 Lawrence Davis, Pullman porter in the 1940s, quoted on Different Trains, by Steve Reich.
Synonyms
- express train
- fast train
Antonyms
References
- Liner notes to Different Trains, by Steve Reich, 1988.