spare tyre

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noun

an additional tyre, usually mounted on a wheel, carried by a motor vehicle in case of puncture

British slang, jocular a deposit of fat just above the waist

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Words nearby spare tyre

spare-part surgery, sparerib, spareribs, spare the rod and spoil the child, spare tire, spare tyre, sparganoma, sparganosis, sparge, sparid, Sparine

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Example sentences from the Web for spare tyre

If the idea of a religious vigilante ambushing sex workers in his spare time sets off alarm bells, it probably should.
To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show|Samantha Allen|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The group encompasses Byrne's art-rock solitariness and the dissociation effects in the spare—somewhat Godardian—staging.
The Stacks: Pauline Kael's Talking Heads Obsession|Pauline Kael|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We met on the third floor of a shabby building in Asadabad in an impossibly spare room that we dragged cushions into.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us.
Lincoln Was the Founders’ Heir Apparent|Harvey J. Kaye|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He chose a corner spare room with good ventilation, and put aside a spare set of sheets and silverware, just in case.
Apocalypse Now: Preppers Are Gearing Up for Ebola|Nina Strochlic|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He threw himself on his knees, begging us, in the name of God and all the saints, to spare his life.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Harry took his bed into the spare-room, and Black Sheep lay down to die.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
You may rest assured that I will spare no time or attention to promote the performance of this engine.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
I assure you that it is as I say—neither at the post-house nor at any of the inns I visited could I find me a spare horse.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

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