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locie, n. N. Amer. and N.Z. colloq.|ˈləʊkɪ|
Also loci, lokey, etc.
[f. locomotive a. and n. + -ie. Cf. loco n.3]
A locomotive.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §774/18 Locomotive,..lokey. 1943R. E. Swanson Rhymes of Lumberjack 80 A weird type of locomotive developed... This locie, due to its climbing ability, was called a Climax. 1947A. P. Gaskell in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 287 She often saw wisps of smoke rising against the bush on the hills at the back... Sometimes she heard a lokey puffing. 1950Landfall June 125 The gang of chamberhands who usually dawdle along behind me are already crossing the loci tracks up in front. 1962Amer. Speech XXXVII. 134 Lokie, locie, lockie, loky, a locomotive. 1975Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 31 Aug. 5/3, I came back to Nairobi on the overnight train which is a steam locie on a narrow gauge. 1993Westcoast Logger Feb.–Mar. 20/2 Daddy Lamb railroad logged into Menzies Bay during tough times when his equipment and locies were being held together with scrap iron and haywire. |