Streamliner

Definitions

1. One who or that which streamlines something.
2. Something with a streamlined design, especially railroad locomotives and passenger equipment.

Equivalents

Examples

“He turned out to be a brilliant expert on timber and on the lumber business in general, a specialist on soils, and an amazing streamliner of earth-moving work⟳.”

“[…] the three streamliners, still on their 29½ hr. schedule⟳, start⟳ at 9.40 a.m., also turn-and-turn-about, and so arranged that the 9.0 and 9.40 a.m. departures are by different routes each day; [...].”

“Californians brook no argument on the subject: for them the Southern Pacific's Coast Daylight was the world's most beautiful streamliner - a band of red, orange, and black drawn by appropriately styled Lima GS 4-8-4's.”

“Two westbound freights were in the vicinity and the operator was kept busy passing them radio messages with the latest information on the late running of the streamliners, to allow⟳ the enginemen to keep⟳ moving until the last⟳ possible minute before they had to sidetrack their trains to let⟳ the fast trains overtake⟳.”

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