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• a variation of bogy.

bogie

¹ American  

[boh-gee] / ˈboʊ gi /

noun

1. Automotive. (on a truck) a rear-wheel assembly composed of four wheels on two axles, either or both driving axles, so mounted as to support the rear of the truck body jointly.

2. Railroads. (in Britain) a truck that rotates about a central pivot under a locomotive or car.

3. British.

   1. any low, strong, four-wheeled cart or truck, as one used by masons to move stones.

   2. truck.

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bogie ² American  

[boh-gee, boog-ee, boo-gee] / ˈboʊ gi, ˈbʊg i, ˈbu gi /

noun

1. bogy.

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bogie ¹ British  

/ ˈbəʊɡɪ /

noun

1. an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves

2. a small railway truck of short wheelbase, used for conveying coal, ores, etc

3. a Scot word for soapbox

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bogie ² British  

/ ˈbəʊɡɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of bogey 2

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Etymology

Origin of bogie

First recorded in 1810–20; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

BOGIE: You know, son--you've got it all wrong.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2018

If you punch 2572, add 87 and multiply by 12, and then hold the machine upside down, it will spell BOGIE.

From Time Magazine Archive

BOGIE, a northern English dialect word of unknown origin, applied to a kind of low truck or “trolly.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

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