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sky train

American  

noun

  1. an airplane towing one or more gliders.


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Somehow the Colombian Egan Barnel, who had already performed a heroic stint on the front of the Team Sky train, was able to bring Froome back to the yellow jersey group.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2018

Once Wiggins was the race leader, the Sky train, in their black and blue shirts, routinely set the pace at the front of the field.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2012

But the Sky train of riders, in a line and pedaling almost in sync, powered with a steady rhythm to escort Wiggins back up front, and gradually erased the Australian's getaway about three miles later.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2012

Laker's Sky train opens a new low-fare era A $236 a round trip, the flights are the cheapest to wing over the Atlantic since the days of student and youth-fare discounts in the early 1970s.

From Time Magazine Archive

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