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banking engines

banking engines is the plural of banking engine.

Meaning of banking engine

Noun

banking engine (plural banking engines)

  1. (UK) Synonym of banker (“type of railway locomotive”).
    • Speaking of locomotive surefootedness, I was immensely impressed, on a recent journey with the down "Ulsterman" from Euston, when "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46168, The Girl Guide, cleanly lifted a well-filled 15-coach train of 471 tons tare and 500 tons gross out of the terminus without the service of...1953 November, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 760
    Synonyms:
    banker

Questions about banking engines

What is banking engines the plural of?
Banking engines is the plural of banking engine.

Words near banking engines in the dictionary

  1. bankholders
  2. bankie
  3. Bankies
  4. banking
  5. banking engine
  6. banking engines
  7. banking game
  8. banking games
  9. banking on
  10. banking pin
  11. banking pins

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