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engine cleaners

engine cleaners is the plural of engine cleaner.

Meaning of engine cleaner

Noun

engine cleaner (plural engine cleaners)

  1. (UK, dated) An employee who cleans railway locomotives, especially steam locomotives in the days of steam.
    • Driver Langdale entered the service of the L.N.W.R. as an engine cleaner at Camden on April 25, 1898, at the age of 17, and has been stationed in the London area ever since.1943 September and October, “Top Link Drivers”, in Railway Magazine, page 293

Questions about engine cleaners

What is engine cleaners the plural of?
Engine cleaners is the plural of engine cleaner.

Words near engine cleaners in the dictionary

  1. engine bays
  2. engine block
  3. engine blocks
  4. engine braking
  5. engine cleaner
  6. engine cleaners
  7. engine compartment
  8. engine compartments
  9. engine diaper
  10. engine diapers
  11. engine displacement

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