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English Dictionary: steam-powered by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
steam-powered
adj
  1. powered by a steam engine; "a steam-powered locomotive"
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   steam-powered adj.   Old-fashioned or underpowered; archaic.
   This term does not have a strong negative loading and may even be
   used semi-affectionately for something that clanks and wheezes a lot
   but hangs in there doing the job.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   steam-powered
  
      Old-fashioned or underpowered; archaic.   This term does not
      have a strong negative loading and may even be used
      semi-affectionately for something that clanks and wheezes a
      lot but hangs in there doing the job.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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