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wheel-tapper en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wheeltapper.
    • During the interval my friend, who was seeing me off, observing a wheel-tapper at his work, and having the incredulity which decides that there can be no practical outcome of this mysterious operation, asked me what did happen if the wheel-tapper discovered anything amiss. 1939 July, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 20:

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wheel-tappers Number=Plur lexicographic