town car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of town car
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Conde’s masks seem to be the 2020 equivalent of getting a town car home—just stupider.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2020
She waved off the producer’s offer of a town car to walk to the theater from her residential hotel on the Upper West Side.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2019
Bell met Wilson for coffee the next morning at a restaurant in Sloane Square, arriving in a chauffeur-driven town car, which idled in a no-parking zone as they spoke.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 18, 2018
The scene: While exploring the ship, Jack and Rose find a Renault town car in the cargo hold.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017
But all I see are the twinkling lights in the courtyard and a town car in the distance, disappearing into the night.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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