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Fairlies

Fairlies is the plural of Fairlie.

Meaning of Fairlie

Noun

Fairlie (plural Fairlies)

  1. A design of steam locomotive with the driving wheels on one or two bogies.
    • Class "R" 0-6-4 single Fairlie No. 28, built by Avonside in 1879, as working for the Timaru Harbour Board in 19401954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 559, photo caption

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Questions about Fairlies

What is Fairlies the plural of?
Fairlies is the plural of Fairlie.

Words near Fairlies in the dictionary

  1. Fairlee
  2. Fairley
  3. Fairleys
  4. Fairlie
  5. fairlier
  6. Fairlies
  7. fairliest
  8. Fairlight
  9. fairlike
  10. fairling
  11. fairlings

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