Meaning of smoke-wagon | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“The village priests were seen to go to and fro by train⟳, and the simple country folk thought that what they did could not be wrong. By degrees the peasants themselves began to try⟳ the "smoke-wagons" too, […]”

“I am not old enough to remember⟳ those one- and two-cylinder primitives that first chugged on the scene around the turn⟳ of the century. But those who can remember⟳ attest to the fact that they came in with billowing plumes of smoke⟳ in their wake⟳. Indeed, "smoke-wagon" was commonly their derisive designation. You can still see⟳ why, if you witness a demonstration of antique cars restored to their prime by proud owners today.”

“I soon heard two smoke-wagons [pistols] banging. […] There they lay⟳ both shot and dying.”

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