"wheel-tapper" meaning in All languages combined

See wheel-tapper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: wheel-tappers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheel-tapper (plural wheel-tappers)
  1. Alternative form of wheeltapper Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wheeltapper
    Sense id: en-wheel-tapper-en-noun-uSMxX04N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1939 July, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 20:",
          "text": "During the interval my friend, who was seeing me off, observing a wheel-tapper at his work, and having the incredulity which decides that there can be no practical outcome of this mysterious operation, asked me what did happen if the wheel-tapper discovered anything amiss.",
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