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loci(e)
[shortening and alteration of locomotive]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:lokey
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any of several kinds of hauling engines used in mining and logging operations.
See: loco ((2))
Quotations
1943
. . . as the roaders could not reach further than a mile or so, rails were laid on the skid road and a weird type of locomotive developed that would climb hills, rails, or practically anything. This mechanical abortion dragged the logs for miles between the rails, which were merely laid on a skid road; this locie, due to its climbing ability, was called a Climax.
1956
Curley also drove a lokey at Daddy Lamb's homeguard camp at Menzies Bay--around 1921. . . .
1964
The trammer now, however--and he has other titles--is the driver of a battery or trolley-powered engine known as an electric mule, a motor or (more frequently) a "loci."