"Big Boy" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \bɪɡ bɔɪ\ Forms: Big Boys [plural]
  1. Type de locomotive à vapeur exploité par l’Union Pacific entre 1941 et 1954 possédant la disposition d’essieux 240+042.
    Sense id: fr-Big_Boy-en-noun-kZJ8uuSo Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Lexique en anglais du chemin de fer
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: steam locomotive, articulated locomotive, 4-8-8-4

Inflected forms

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    "(1940) Surnom donné suite à l’inscription à la craie de ce nom sur la boîte à fumée de la première machine de la série par un ouvrier de chez ALCO."
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          "translation": "Depuis l’inauguration du chemin de fer transcontinental en 1879, la Union Pacific a conçu des machines à vapeur de plus en plus grandes pour conquérir la chaine de Wahsatch. La Big Boy sera l’apogée de ces designs."
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