chug wagon

A form of chug-wagon — An early motorized vehicle for driving on land (such as an automobile, truck, tractor or steam-powered railway multiple unit), especially a car; horseless carriage.

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Meanings

nounchug wagon (plural chug wagons)

plural chug wagons

  1. alternativeAlternative form of chug-wagon.

    Some of the girls had two chug wagons apiece. Money was no object.

    2018, Josephine Chase, Marjorie Dean Post-Graduate, page 92
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    The latter is able to ride in a “chug” wagon, while Doctor E. Z. is in luck not to be buried as a pauper, Without flowers.

    1902, The Bulletin of the Commercial Law League of America

    The two cylinder chug wagon passed us safely at the top, and yet we lingered on enjoying the view.

    1911, Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine

    "Chug wagons" frequently broke down, and when they did run well they bounced riders through a holocaust of fine dust, and if impending brush was cut away they outsped burros and wagons.

    1942, Richard Gordon Lillard, Desert Challenge: An Interpretation of Nevada, page 177
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