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[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Side view of the box

Now THAT is the photo you should have posted first!

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

-cum-
preposition

uk / -kʌm-/ us / -kʌm-/


used to join two nouns, showing that a person or thing does two things or has two purposes; combined with:

as in "my hobby cum obsession with building old trucks drives my wife nuts."

[Robert Bergeron]

Come to think of it i have a great group of friends cum experts here on MLU . Happy New Year . Yes i should of looked all around the box first . I just did not expect to find that writing on the sides .... Next time .

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Come to think of it i have a great group of friends cum experts here on MLU . Happy New Year . Yes i should of looked all around the box first . I just did not expect to find that writing on the sides .... Next time .

It's probably stencilled on the side so you can identify it in storage racking, and on top for when it's on the floor.

(The fact that it's "Case 4 of 7" gives some idea of the sheer quantity of kit that makes up the "Truck-cum-Ground" station. Also, comparing the top and side pictures, both dashes are present, but one is scraped off on each image.)

Chris.