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chug-wagons

chug-wagons is the plural of chug-wagon.

Meaning of chug-wagon

Noun

chug-wagon (plural chug-wagons)

  1. (archaic, slang) An early motorized vehicle for driving on land (such as an automobile, truck, tractor or steam-powered railway multiple unit), especially a car; horseless carriage.
    • While the “chug-wagon” business is good, it is not probable that farm wagons, trucks, etc., will assume a very heavy demand until harvest time.1913, The Spokesman and Harness World - Volume 29, page 275

Questions about chug-wagons

What is chug-wagons the plural of?
Chug-wagons is the plural of chug-wagon.

Words near chug-wagons in the dictionary

  1. chug-a-lugging
  2. chug-a-lugs
  3. chug-chug wagon
  4. chug-chug wagons
  5. chug-wagon
  6. chug-wagons
  7. Chugach
  8. Chugach Census Area
  9. chugalug
  10. chugalugged
  11. chugalugging

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