单词 | engine tender |
释义 | > as lemmasengine tender engine tender n. (a) a person employed to supervise the running of a steam engine (now historical); (b) = tender n.1 4. ΚΠ a1819 J. Watt in J. Robison Syst. Mech. Philos. (1822) II. 156 These instruments are of great use..in shewing the superintendent the state of the engine; but slovenly engine-tenders are but too apt to put them out of order. 1829 Hull Packet & Humber Mercury 13 Oct. It..[drew] after it three times its own weight, including the engine tender, fuel, and water. 1918 T. Dreiser Free & Other Stories (1923) 189 He slipped in between the engine tender and the front baggage car. 2007 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 1 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 10 He worked his way from a shed man to engine tender. < as lemmas |
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