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bullgine colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈbʊldʒaɪn|
Also bulgine, bulljine.
[f. bull n.1 + engine n.]
A locomotive or steam-engine.
1848F. A. Durivage Stray Subjects 38 [He made] himself agreeable to his officers by..imitating the ‘bullgine’. 1848in Amer. Speech (1946) XXI. 116/1 Going ober to Hobuc, in de steamboat, De bulgine busted and we all got afloat! Ibid., Clar de track, de bullgine's coming. 1889[see bull n.1 7 b]. 1922Joyce Ulysses 395 The men of the island..let the bullgine run..and put to sea. 1927in J. Sampson Seven Seas Shanty Book 32 So clear the track let the Bullgine run. |