in steam
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[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (of a steam locomotive) Having steam in its boiler and ready for work.
- 1942 March, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
- Apart from brief intervals for watering and coaling, No. 2395 is continuously in steam each week from 4 a.m. on Monday until 3 a.m. on the following Sunday.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “in steam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.