tank engine
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The original test episode, titled Down The Mine, will appear online on Friday to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the famous tank engine franchise.
From BBC • May 9, 2025
Robin van Persie as Batman's sidekick, a tank engine and Jessie J?
From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2012
Already Chrysler's engineering department and laboratories are working 85% of their time on defense, developing a 2,000 h.p. airplane engine, a 500 h.p. liquid-cooled tank engine; a new airplane landing gear strut, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eisenhower would be rushed by limousine -- one of two onyx-black Cadillacs with a tank engine under the hood -- to a prearranged point on the river, where the PT boat would be waiting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another example is Mr. Webb's tank engine on the North-Western Railway, which presents a contrast to the foregoing.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
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