speeder

speeder
/spee"deuhr/, n.
1. a person or thing that speeds.
2. a driver who exceeds the legal speed limit.
3. a small self-propelled railroad car powered by a gasoline engine and used by section hands.
[1350-1400; ME; see SPEED, -ER1]

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