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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

He was believed to have been driving a silver or grey-coloured Ford S-Max people carrier, with false registration plates.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2019

Today Sterling is understood to have waited in a silver Mercedes people carrier on a street around the corner from the court and did not enter the building for the 10am case.

From The Guardian • May 20, 2013

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