"winter rat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-winter rat.ogg [Australia] Forms: winter rats [plural]
Etymology: Believed to have originated in or around Syracuse, New York. Head templates: {{en-noun}} winter rat (plural winter rats)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial, US) An old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season. Tags: US, colloquial, idiomatic Synonyms: beater, clunker, junker, jalopy
    Sense id: en-winter_rat-en-noun-yDhY~C76 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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