command car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of command car
An Americanism dating back to 1955–60
Example Sentences
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The chief returns to his command car, gets on the radio and gives the all clear.
From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022
Then Generals Brereton and Royce, Air Marshals Coningham and Bottomley and I piled into a jeep and command car and headed up the peninsula along the long straight road to Cherbourg.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the afternoon, preceded by a sirening jeep, he rode to the reviewing stand in a Lend-Lease command car bedecked with the colors of American nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eddy drove his captives in his command car to headquarters and served them his best brandy.
From Time Magazine Archive
All he had to do was drive some cowboy general around all day in a command car.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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