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locomobile

American  
[loh-kuh-moh-buhl, -beel] / ˌloʊ kəˈmoʊ bəl, -bil /

adjective

  1. automotive; self-propelling.


noun

  1. a self-propelled vehicle, traction engine, or the like.

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Etymology

Origin of locomobile

First recorded in 1885–90; see origin at locomotive, mobile


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He had found it lying on the locomobile the day the work was begun again, and had carried it about with him ever since.

From Dame Care by Bertha Overbeck

Frau Elsbeth mutely shook her head, and went into the house just as the locomobile arrived before the gate.

From Dame Care by Bertha Overbeck

Creaking and rattling, the locomobile came staggering out into the yard.

From Dame Care by Bertha Overbeck

The locomobile will soon be repaired … and the moor is very lucrative … it is fifteen feet deep … you can measure it….

From Dame Care by Bertha Overbeck

"That is a locomobile," she said at last.

From Dame Care by Bertha Overbeck

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