radial tyre

British

noun

Often shortened to: radial. a motor-vehicle tyre having a radial-ply casing

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She is Diana, a British actress returning from a catastrophic awards ceremony, desolate about her career and her “lavender” marriage to Sidney, a closeted gay man played by Michael Caine: “I’ve aged Sidney. I’m getting lines in my face. I look like a brand-new steel-belted radial tyre.”

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