bubble car
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bubble car
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Each bubble car has a receiver to chat with other sky drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Isetta bubble car, this time with four wheels, not three.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022
That’s why its prototype is like the little white bubble car that could.
From The Verge ● Oct. 25, 2016
It looks like a little bubble car from the future, streamlined to run by itself — a big change from the boxy Lexus SUV Google has been retrofitting the last few years with self-driving technology.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2014
This was a lively, fond history of the British bubble car: the sort of radio that instantly made you smile.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2012
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