DOODLEBUG

Doodlebug

In the United States, doodlebug was the common name for a self-propelled railcar . While such a coach typically had a gasoline-powered engine that turned a generator which provided electricity to traction motors, which turned the axles and wheels on the trucks, versions with mechanical transmissions also existed.

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doodlebug

Noun

  1. The V-1 flying bomb.
  2. A term of endearment.
  3. An antlion larva ().
  4. An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.


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