Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun On a railroad, a drilling- or yard-locomotive used for shifting cars, making up trains, and other yard-work.
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Examples
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The little switching-engine ran past with much noise and bustle, the engineer blowing the ludicrous whistle in salute to the distinguished visitors.
The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams
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The little switching-engine ran past with much noise and bustle, the engineer blowing the ludicrous whistle in salute to the distinguished visitors.
The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907
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Then up and spoke a small, newish switching-engine, with a little step in front of his bumper-timber, and his wheels so close together that he looked like a broncho getting ready to buck.
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Harvey could feel the land close round him once more, with all its thousands of people asleep, and the smell of earth after rain, and the familiar noise of a switching-engine coughing to herself in a freight-yard; and all those things made his heart beat and his throat dry up as he stood by the foresheet.
Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The gates were open, and a switching-engine from the railroad yards was pushing in a car-load of furnace coal.
The Price Francis Lynde 1893
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"Who talks of peace?" queried Virginia, driven in from her post of vantage on the observation platform by the smoke from the switching-engine.
A Fool for Love Francis Lynde 1893
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