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sun visor

American  

noun

  1. a flap, usually of padded cardboard, acetate, or the like, that is attached inside a vehicle above the windshield and can be swung down to protect the eyes from the sun's glare.


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An Uber driver rifled through the papers tucked into her car’s sun visor to show us that she bought a ticket.

From The New Yorker Jul. 17, 2018

It made me homesick to see the mother’s sun visor, the bao’s shrimp chips, even the dad’s uncontested refusal to help cook the family’s meals.

From Slate Jun. 15, 2018

"He was wearing a brown blouson jacket with a stand up collar which was chunky. This man sat tall in his seat. The top of his head was obscured by the driver's sun visor."

From BBC Nov. 29, 2017

Seriously, they are probably pounding a new roof on the place this very second, the other having blown clear off and landing on the 110 Freeway like a giant sun visor ... like a lid.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2016

Mom couldn’t get the car’s sun visor right.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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