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(rail transport, dated, Britain) An employee who cleans railway locomotives, especially steam locomotives in the days of steam.

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engine cleaner

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engine cleaner

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(rail transport, dated, Britain) An employee who cleans railway locomotives, especially steam locomotives in the days of steam.

Japanese Meaning

（鉄道関連、古い英国の用語）蒸気機関車時代に、機関車を清掃する業務を担当した従業員

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The retired engine cleaner told stories of dawn work in the steaming sheds, hands blackened with coal dust.

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引退した機関車掃除夫は、蒸気に満ちた車庫での夜明けの仕事の話を語り、その手は石炭の煤で真っ黒だった。

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(rail transport, dated, Britain) An employee who cleans railway locomotives, especially steam locomotives in the days of steam.

Driver Langdale entered the service of the L.N.W.R. as an engine cleaner at Camden on April 25, 1898, at the age of 17, and has been stationed in the London area ever since.

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engine cleaners

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