Metrolinern.
/ˈmɛtrə(ʊ)ˌlʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈmɛtrəˌlaɪnər/, /ˈmɛtroʊˌlaɪnər/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
A high-speed intercity train. Also (in extended use): an intercity airliner.A proprietary name in the United States.
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bullet train1966
advanced passenger train1967
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Metroliner1969
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1969 ‘O. Bleeck’ Brass Go-between xiv. 156 Between Washington and New York they finally got one new high-speed Metroliner running.
1970 Guardian 19 Jan. 4/1 The metroliner, a Government-supported experiment in fast inter-city transport..has cut the travelling time from Washington to New York..by nearly ninety minutes.
1978 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Sept. 8/2 (caption) Hostess for a day, model Gloria McQuilty, adjusting her..cap..before a special flight in the BPA Metroliner from Brisbane Airport yesterday.
1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xiii. 259 He left a wakeup call for ten and asked the concierge to have him a first-class ticket for the eleven o'clock Metro-liner into Union Station, Washington, D.C.
2001 J. Weiner Good in Bed ii. viii. 125 I sat on an Amtrak Metroliner bound for New York.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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