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Pintsch gas

Pintsch gas noun: a kind of oil gas formerly used for lighting railroad cars, which carried it in compressed form.

Noun

Pintsch gas (uncountable)

  1. A kind of oil gas formerly used for lighting railroad cars, which carried it in compressed form.

Origin of Pintsch gas

Named after Richard Pintsch, German inventor.

Questions about Pintsch gas

What does Pintsch gas mean?
Pintsch gas means a kind of oil gas formerly used for lighting railroad cars, which carried it in compressed form.
What part of speech is Pintsch gas?
Pintsch gas is a noun.

Words near Pintsch gas in the dictionary

  1. pintoes
  2. Pintor
  3. Pintors
  4. pintos
  5. pints
  6. Pintsch gas
  7. pintsize
  8. pintsized
  9. Pintubi
  10. pintuck
  11. pintucked

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