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tank engine

British  

noun

  1. a steam locomotive that carries its water supply in tanks mounted around its boiler

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The original test episode, titled Down The Mine, will appear online on Friday to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the famous tank engine franchise.

From BBC May 9, 2025

Robin van Persie as Batman's sidekick, a tank engine and Jessie J?

From The Guardian Aug. 21, 2012

Eisenhower would be rushed by limousine -- one of two onyx-black Cadillacs with a tank engine under the hood -- to a prearranged point on the river, where the PT boat would be waiting.

From Time Magazine Archive

This month it had $8,000,000 of Guiberson tank engine orders, and 350 men worked three shifts daily to get production up to a promised eight per day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another example is Mr. Webb's tank engine on the North-Western Railway, which presents a contrast to the foregoing.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

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