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tank wagon

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noun

  1. a form of railway wagon carrying a tank for the transport of liquids

"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 Standard Oil companies were forced to meet the cuts by lowering their own tank wagon prices.

From Time Magazine Archive

His tank wagon business grew into American Oil Co.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

This took more time, and night overtook the outfit with several miles between them and the tank wagon that awaited their coming on the desert.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston

While the good things were cooking the Rambler dropped down to a wharf where a tank wagon of gasoline awaited them, and there, also, loads of provisions of all kinds were put on board.

From The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf by Gordon, Harry

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