Phrase guide
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adj
Of inhabited places, small, insignificant, isolated, backwards
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial, derogatory
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verb
To fill a steam locomotive water tank manually from natural water supplies (a hypothetical process whose use has been discredited).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Qualifier: apocryphal
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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verb
To scoop water from a track pan mounted on the tracks directly into a steam engine's tank without stopping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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History
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