"Mexican car wash" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Mexican car washes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Mexican car wash}} Mexican car wash (plural Mexican car washes)
  1. (US, slang, humorous) The "washing" of a motor vehicle by a rainstorm. Tags: US, humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-Mexican_car_wash-en-noun-XtAtfOtV Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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