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spare tyre

noun

  1. an additional tyre, usually mounted on a wheel, carried by a motor vehicle in case of puncture
  2. slang.
    a deposit of fat just above the waist


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Example Sentences

The tool box, also, was on the foot-board, so the spare tyre had to be strapped inside the caravan above the driving seat.

Luckily we carried a spare tyre, but it was a non-skidder, and from now on our driver had to be very careful.

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