Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An American type of locomotive engine having six driving-wheels and four supporting-wheels in the truck. The three drivers on each side are the same as in the Mogul type, but the extra two wheels in the truck make possible an engine with a longer boiler and greater steam-making surface, and which is somewhat safer as regards tendency to become derailed.
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Examples
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Behind her, a Peterbilt ten-wheeler that had been charging up on her tail wobbled and tipped over and kept coming, on its side, leaving a trail of fire as it slid past and finally came to a stop ahead of her.
I Don’t Understand ? Jack Varnell 2010
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You find guys like him driving ten-wheeler transport trucks, or flying, or sometimes as chief petty officers in the Navy, on a sub or a destroyer.
John McPartland Ed Gorman 2009
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You find guys like him driving ten-wheeler transport trucks, or flying, or sometimes as chief petty officers in the Navy, on a sub or a destroyer.
Archive 2007-02-01 Ed Gorman 2007
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You find guys like him driving ten-wheeler transport trucks, or flying, or sometimes as chief petty officers in the Navy, on a sub or a destroyer.
John Fraser--John McPartland Ed Gorman 2007
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Really, it's like a road accident where you're told that a motorcyclist has been torn apart by a ten-wheeler up on the road ahead.
Archive 2003-07-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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Really, it's like a road accident where you're told that a motorcyclist has been torn apart by a ten-wheeler up on the road ahead.
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2003
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Wind buffeted the van as a ten-wheeler streaked past on his left, the clattering trailer bouncing up and down.
A Corpse is a Corpse Browne, Richard W 2001
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The ten-wheeler swooped across the lanes, smashed into the car and propelled it toward the edge of the raised highway.
A Corpse is a Corpse Browne, Richard W 2001
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"What's he doing?" screamed Nuchols as a ten-wheeler cut across his path for the third time.
A Corpse is a Corpse Browne, Richard W 2001
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Joe and his guide reached one of the entrances as a ten-wheeler truck came in with a load of shining metal plates.
Space Platform Leinster, Murray, 1896- 1953
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