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streamliner

(ˈstriːmˌlaɪnə)

(Mechanical Engineering) a vehicle that uses streamlining to reduce air resistance, for example, the high-speed railway trains of the 1930s to the 1950s

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streamliner - a streamlined train

railroad train, train - public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"

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