"McCar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: McCars [plural]
Etymology: Mc- + car Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|Mc|car|id1=derogatory}} Mc- + car Head templates: {{en-noun}} McCar (plural McCars)
  1. (derogatory) Any popular middlebrow model of car. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Automobiles

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for McCar meaning in English (1.9kB)

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