Big Boy

American

noun

an articulated steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, one section of eight driving wheels, a second section of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.

Example Sentences

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Papa just stood there for a second looking at me, then he smiled and said, “Jay Berry, when a boy’s growing up, it’s all right for him to see things. I did myself, but you’re getting to be a pretty big boy now and I think it’s time you quit seeing things. Rowdy probably treed a squirrel.”

From Literature

As I layed in my hospital bed the day after my crash, we said goodbye to my big boy.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Heading in for more surgery today. Will be thinking of him when I close my eyes. I will love you forever my big boy.”

From Los Angeles Times

"You're a big boy, aren't you?"

From BBC

"If you would be trained," his mother said, buttoning his overalls, "you would be a big boy. You could dress yourself. You would never be wet. You wouldn't have to have that dumb box of Pampers."

From Literature

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