triple-expansion
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Life’s sister magazine, Time, was no less susceptible to his rough-diamond charm, calling him a “hard-headed, steel-willed” corporate chieftain with “horse sense, a command of men, and the driving force of a triple-expansion engine.”
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2016
At that time it was given to Captain Rieber because he had horse sense, a command of men and the driving force of a triple-expansion engine.
From Time Magazine Archive
He could afford to be philosophical: it wasn't HIS vertical inverted triple-expansion direct-acting propeller.
From Love, the Fiddler by Osbourne, Lloyd
The engines are triple-expansion, with water tube boilers.
From Last Words by Crane, Stephen
The cowboy silently wondered how long he could keep from making "a complete, triple-expansion, darned fool of himself!"
From The Ramblin' Kid by Bowman, Earl Wayland
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