lowrider

[ loh-rahy-der ]

/ ˈloʊˈraɪ dər /

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noun

an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.

a person, often a teenager, who owns and drives such a car.

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Origin of lowrider

First recorded in 1975–80; low¹ + rider

How to use lowrider in a sentence

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“He has to really stay on the down low, he has to make sure that he blends in,” Ney told the Beast.
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Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
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Malaysian-based entrepreneur Tony Fernandes has turned AirAsia into the most successful low cost airline in southeast Asia.
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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
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It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
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Fortunately, the last crash had been passed without dislocating the parts of either sledge or rider.
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The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
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In pneumonia chlorids are constantly very low, and in some cases are absent entirely.
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