tank wagon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 Harry Gordon
The bituminous material is usually applied by means of a mechanical spreading device connected to a tank wagon.
From American Rural Highways by T. R. (Thomas Radford) Agg
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