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bullgines

bullgines is the plural of bullgine.

Meaning of bullgine

Noun

bullgine (plural bullgines)

  1. (US, obsolete, slang) A steam locomotive.
    • Undoubtedly they were leaning far out of the windows, peering for signals, in momentary relaxation from the strain of nursing the slipping "bullgines" up the hill.1929, The Conductor and Brakeman, volumes 46-47, page 425

Questions about bullgines

What is bullgines the plural of?
Bullgines is the plural of bullgine.

Words near bullgines in the dictionary

  1. bullfucked
  2. bullfucking
  3. bullfucks
  4. Bullgill
  5. bullgine
  6. bullgines
  7. bullhead
  8. Bullhead City
  9. bullhead lilies
  10. bullhead lily
  11. bullhead rail

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