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shunter
/ ˈʃʌntə /
noun
- a small railway locomotive used for manoeuvring coaches rather than for making journeys
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Example Sentences
This one was a shunter, another was a carpenter, a third was a waggon-builder, and so on.
From Project Gutenberg
"There'll be some soft jobs going—then," murmured a shunter, who was getting on in years, reflectively.
From Project Gutenberg
I'm some shunter myself; but I dip the colors to Aunty: she does it so neat and sudden!
From Project Gutenberg
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