train oil
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of train oil
1545–55; earlier trane < Dutch traan train oil, tear; cognate with German Träne tear
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“It was like being given the best train set in the world to play with,” King said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023
“The risk, then, is they try to play with the train set, which is what incoming governments like to do.”
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023
There’s nothing optimistic about what happens next, but the moment of collision is executed with undeniable gusto; Baumbach does, for a moment, seem like the proverbial kid playing with a big honkin’ train set.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2022
Milton's mum assured him she'd be back the following day and promised him a present - he asked for a train set.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2022
Mama Lessie told me that Granddaddy had always wanted to buy that Lionel train set, but as the father of five daughters, he never got the chance.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
