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
The scene: While exploring the ship, Jack and Rose find a Renault town car in the cargo hold.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017
For a time, a reporter might find herself given scoops, granted interviews, invited to join a Wall Street luminary in his town car, while the rest of the media scrum were stuck outside.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2017
She ducked into the open town car, and the driver closed the door.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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