tank wagon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When he quit to go into business himself in 1910, he was rich enough to buy a one-horse tank wagon, and sell gasoline from the rear end while his son Jacob drove.
From Time Magazine Archive
His tank wagon business grew into American Oil Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Standard Oil companies were forced to meet the cuts by lowering their own tank wagon prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
The big animal, the "blood-sweating behemoth of Holy Writ," as it is sometimes called on the circus bills, was out of his tank wagon, and seemed to enjoy his liberty.
From Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank by Barnum, Vance
In a few minutes Jim had his team hitched to the tank wagon in the yard.
From The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West by Stead, Robert J. C.
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