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Example sentences from the Web for engine driverWhen in 1863 the engine-driver and fireman of a luggage train were fined 15s. Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. II (of IV),--1857-1874|Charles L. Graves The engine-driver looked down upon him very sternly, and said, 'Now tell the truth; what were you put in prison for?' The Wind in the Willows|Kenneth Grahame The conductor noticed me gazing at the portly form of the engine-driver, who had just jumped off. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)|Harry Furniss Our engine-driver promptly shut off his steam, and we slid almost noiselessly out of sight of sky and sea into a cutting. The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various
nounmainly British a person who drives a railway locomotive; train driver Words nearby engine driverEnghien, d', engild, engin., engine, engine company, engine driver, engineer, engineering, engineering geology, engineer officer, engineer's chain Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |