scout car
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scout car
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Then came word that a scout car had been seen at the Home Depot in Carson.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025
Panorama claimed that intelligence officers had tracked the movements of the bombers' car and a scout car on their way to Omagh.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2010
What he meant was that horses could "flow"' over terrain where no truck, scout car or tank could go.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a scout car, jouncing along at the head of the little column, was Lieut.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is tonight in Amiens on official business and has with him only his scout car and its driver.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher
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