"town car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: town cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} town car (plural town cars)
  1. (automotive) A car having a kind of bodystyle produced from 1908 to 1939 with an external or open-topped driver's position and an enclosed compartment for passengers. Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: coupé de ville Translations (car with open-topped driver's position): coupé de ville (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-town_car-en-noun-en:type_of_automobile__1908_to_1939_era__with_open_driver_position Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of "car with open-topped driver's position": 52 14 34
  2. (automotive, informal) A hired non-stretch limousine, traditionally but not necessarily a standard-wheelbase Lincoln Town Car or Cadillac sedan. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-town_car-en-noun-en:type_of_automobile__type_of_limousine__non_stretch Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  3. (automotive, nonstandard) Synonym of city car. Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: city car [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-town_car-en-noun-en:type_of_automobile__city_car Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 17 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 13 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 17 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 22 68 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Inflected forms

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