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Flying Banana

Flying Banana proper noun: the New Measurement Train; the high-speed track testing train used on the British railway network.

Proper noun

the Flying Banana

  1. (UK, humorous) The New Measurement Train; the high-speed track testing train used on the British railway network.

Origin of Flying Banana

From flying (“capable of speed”) + banana (in reference to its yellow colour).

Questions about Flying Banana

What does Flying Banana mean?
Flying Banana means the New Measurement Train; the high-speed track testing train used on the British railway network.
What part of speech is Flying Banana?
Flying Banana is a proper noun.

Words near Flying Banana in the dictionary

  1. flying arches
  2. flying armies
  3. flying army
  4. flying at
  5. flying baker
  6. Flying Banana
  7. flying bishop
  8. flying bishops
  9. flying blind
  10. flying boat
  11. flying boats

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