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trunk engine
noun
- an engine having a trunk piston or pistons.
- a double-acting steam engine having a connecting rod passing through a trunk to the piston.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trunk engine1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
The “trunk-engine” was still another of the almost innumerable inventions of Watt.
From Project Gutenberg
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