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people carrier

British  

noun

  1. another name for multipurpose vehicle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They'd decided to leave what she described as the family's gas-guzzling people carrier behind.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2022

There was no sign of any protest by 11am as the occasional blacked-out people carrier rushed in and out of the state-of-the-art complex, where United players have trained since 2000.

From The Guardian Apr. 22, 2021

What you have - and I've witnessed this - there was a woman in a large people carrier trying to get three kids out of the car, with the door open on the outside.

From BBC Jan. 19, 2021

Josh Powell's wife Zoe, 29, died with Phoebe, eight, when their people carrier collided with a lorry in Oxfordshire.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2020

Behind us, Springsteen had alighted from a people carrier.

From The Guardian Oct. 30, 2016

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