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locomobile

[ loh-kuh-moh-buhl, -beel ]

adjective

  1. automotive; self-propelling.


noun

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

  • lo·co·mo·bil·i·ty [loh-k, uh, -moh-, bil, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of locomobile1

First recorded in 1885–90; locomotive, mobile
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Example Sentences

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

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

Next morning, when the locomobile was pulled out, a strange rattling, scrunching sound was heard on the threshold of the shed.

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

The locomobile runs very evenly and smoothly, and with very little noise, a welcome change after the very audible explosion motor.

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