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单词 tallow pot
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tallow pot
tallow pot n. U.S. and Australian slang the fireman on a locomotive engine.
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fireman1849
bakehead1907
tallow pot1914
1914 Dial. Notes 4 164 Tallow pot,..the fireman of a locomotive.
1929 Bookman July 524/1 I'm surprised to find a student tallow-pot up in the cab takin' orders from the bakehead.
1960 Listener 18 Aug. 250/2 Firemen are ‘tallowpots’ or ‘bakebrains’.
1968 Amer. Speech 43 289 Tallow pot,..originally, before the days of lube oil, a fireman was so-called because he had to get out onto the steam chest of the engine with a can of tallow and hold it so the lubricant would be drawn into the cylinder.
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