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 Locofo’cos.Locomotive Power. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Locomotive, or Locomotive Engine.
 
A steam-engine employed to move carriages from place to place. (Latin, locus moveo, to move one’s place.)   1
 


 Locofo’cos.Locomotive Power. 

 
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