autoist

[aw-toh-ist]

noun

1. motorist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of autoist¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; auto- ² + -ist

Example Sentences

A spur lane, leaving the highway at Cutbank Bridge, 4 miles north of the Browning Wye, brings the autoist to this terminus.

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In Springfield, Ohio, Autoist Vernon Boyer won an award for being a safe driver, celebrated, was presently arrested for drunken driving.

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In San Francisco, Autoist Safer Safer was charged with driving with unsafe brakes.

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In Baekke, Denmark, a befuddled autoist honked impatiently behind an auto wrecker that hogged the road for 12� miles, later protested angrily to the salvage company, learned to his chagrin that he was the drunk the wrecker had been towing home.

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In Hollywood, a skeptical judge imposed a $30 fine on Autoist Josephine Lee, who had said that she drove at great speed in order to keep sail ors from getting into her car.

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