The locomobile kept this name forever after in Meyerhofer's house. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
Creaking and rattling, the locomobile came staggering out into the yard. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
Frau Elsbeth mutely shook her head, and went into the house just as the locomobile arrived before the gate. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
He had found it lying on the locomobile the day the work was begun again, and had carried it about with him ever since. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
Next morning, when the locomobile was pulled out, a strange rattling, scrunching sound was heard on the threshold of the shed. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
One of them was the locomobile, the other the horse, but each wanted to be the locomobile, because then she got father's black hat put on for the chimney. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
"Father," he said, modestly, though his heart swelled with pride, "the locomobile is in working order; as soon as the ground has thawed the work on the moor can begin.". From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
"What is a locomobile?" he asked. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
"Save the locomobile!" he shouted down. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
"That is a locomobile," she said at last. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
The locomobile will soon be repaired ... and the moor is very lucrative ... it is fifteen feet deep ... you can measure it. From Wordnik.com. [Dame Care] Reference
There are the terms that are simple derivatives from proper names, e. g., listerine, postum, klaxon; the shortenings, e. g., jell-o, jap-a-lac; the extensions with common suffixes, e. g., alabastine, protectograph, dictograph, orangeade, crispette, pearline, electrolier; the extensions with new or fanciful suffixes, e. g., resinol, thermos, grafanola, shinola, sapolio, lysol, neolin, crisco; the diminutives, e. g., cascaret, wheatlet, chiclet; the simple compounds, e. g., palmolive, spearmint, peptomint, auto-car; the blends, e. g., cuticura, damaskeene, locomobile, mobiloil; the blends made of proper names, e. g. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6. Tendencies in American. 3. Processes of Word-Formation] Reference
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