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hump slugs

hump slugs is the plural of hump slug.

Meaning of hump slug

Noun

hump slug (plural hump slugs)

  1. A kind of slug (locomotive accessory) designed for even slower operation than a yard slug, and able to push a long cut of cars over a hump at very low speed.

Questions about hump slugs

What is hump slugs the plural of?
Hump slugs is the plural of hump slug.

Words near hump slugs in the dictionary

  1. hump days
  2. hump dumpling
  3. hump dumplings
  4. hump it
  5. hump slug
  6. hump slugs
  7. hump someone's brains out
  8. hump yard
  9. hump yards
  10. hump-backed
  11. hump-nosed

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