Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A locomotive that carries its own water and coal, and does not draw a tender for this purpose.
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Examples
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The Craft's the trick, so help me! 'and he brings forward that same Chief that I left at Bashkai -- Billy Fish we called him afterward, because he was so like Billy Fish that drove the big tank-engine at Mach on the Bolan in the old days.
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Fish that drove the big tank-engine at Mach on the Bolan in the old days.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Fish that drove the big tank-engine at Mach on the Bolan in the old days.
The Man Who Would Be King Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The Craft's the trick, so help me! 'and he brings forward that same Chief that I left at Bashkai -- Billy Fish we called him afterward, because he was so like Billy Fish that drove the big tank-engine at Mach on the Bolan in the old days.
Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) Mary [Contributor] Beaumont 1900
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