"red car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: red cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} red car (plural red cars)
  1. (historical, informal) A streetcar of the former Pacific Electric Railway mass transit system that went all across Greater Los Angeles. Tags: historical, informal
    Sense id: en-red_car-en-noun-lsKa-tbt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 9 20
  2. (historical) The entire now-defunct corporation and system of the Pacific Electric Railway. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-red_car-en-noun-IpMiYZQ9
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, car.
    Sense id: en-red_car-en-noun-InTT7VeF

Inflected forms

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