streamliner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of streamliner
First recorded in 1930–35; streamline + -er 1
Example Sentences
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The near 700,000 Black folk who arrived in L.A. between 1940 and 1970, who locomoted the City of Los Angeles streamliner or rode a grumbling Greyhound or braved the crucible of driving.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022
It utilizes the same aerodynamic streamliner design as the Ioniq 6 streamliner that the company just introduced last week, which allows for more efficient performance.
From The Verge • Jul. 17, 2022
Schulz regularly went 300 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in his MacKichan/Schulz streamliner.
From Washington Times • May 12, 2016
In twelve months the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans grossed its $4,000,000 construction cost; with its sister streamliner, the Land 0' Corn, it had doubled Central's passenger revenues.
From Time Magazine Archive
His streamliner was as slippery as loving work could make it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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