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Delco

Delco proper noun: delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Proper noun

Delco

  1. Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  2. A brand of electrical equipment, electronic equipment, and auto parts.

Noun

Delco (plural Delcos)

  1. (archaic) A genset of the Delco brand, or (loosely, genericization) any similar genset.
    • PRIMROSE CHAPEL DEDICATION. Primrose Chapel was organized 54 years ago. Those who organized it and stood faithfully by it in its infancy have nearly all passed to their heavenly reward. The old frame building served well its day and generation, but it had grown insufficient in capacity to...1921 November 3, “News of the churches [column]”, in Arkansas Methodist, volume 40, number 43, page 14
    • We fixed the corncrib, remodeled the inside of the barn and put in a furnace. We put in a Delco and a new roof on the house. The roof we put on at our own expense, also the Delco and the furnace. During the time that we were out there we spent about $5,000 of our savings that we had accumulated in...1942, Augusta F. Rodstrom, quotee, Rodstrom v. Strum, 302 MICH 609 (1942). State of Michigan in the Supreme Court. Appeal to the Supreme Court From the Circuit Court for the County of Jackson in...

Examples of Delco in a sentence

  • It is lighted with a Delco and in all it cost about $7,000.1921 November 3, “News of the churches [column]”, in Arkansas Methodist, volume 40, number 43, page 14:
  • We put in a Delco and a new roof on the house.1942, Augusta F. Rodstrom, quotee, Rodstrom v. Strum, 302 MICH 609 (1942). State of Michigan in the Supreme Court. Appeal to the Supreme...

Forms of Delco

pluralDelcos

Questions about Delco

What does Delco mean?
Delco means delaware County, Pennsylvania.
How do you use Delco in a sentence?
It is lighted with a Delco and in all it cost about $7,000.
What part of speech is Delco?
Delco can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Delco in the dictionary

  1. Delcarpios
  2. Delcastillo
  3. Delcastillos
  4. Delcid
  5. Delcids
  6. Delco
  7. delcosine
  8. Delderfield
  9. DelDuca
  10. DelDucas
  11. dele

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