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tank wagon

British  

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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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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