Jumbo
['dʒʌmbəʊ] or ['dʒʌmbo]
Definition
n. a colossus.—adj. huge colossal.
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Examples
- The uninjured Jumbo, No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He never dreamed of disputing their pretensions, but did homage to the miserable Mumbo jumbo they paraded. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This was the great machine known as Jumbo No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- During the fall and winter months two more Jumbo dynamos were built and sent to London, after which the construction of six for New York was swiftly taken in hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By this time three more Jumbos had been added to the plant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The necessary steam boilers were accommodated in the basement, while the second floor was occupied by six generators of 125 horse-power each, nicknamed Jumbos. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- All the Jumbos were ruined, excepting No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At the station at Milan, Italy, the first 'Jumbos' operated in multiple arc were driven by Porter-Allen engines, and dash-pots were applied to the governors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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