body shop

noun

: a shop where automotive bodies are made or repaired

Examples of body shop in a Sentence

My car is at the body shop having the dent in the door fixed.
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The robbery happened two months after that, and Whitehead started accumulating legal trouble, culminating with his conviction in Manhattan Federal Court in a multiple fraud scheme, including lying about his ties to Adams to extort and try to defraud a Bronx body shop owner. John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024 From the beginning of the episode, everything Carol does is in service of finding her old friend, starting with her visit to the body shop where Daryl left his bike behind. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024 But the jury didn't hear everything that local body shop owner Tim Curtis knew. Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024 At the same time, the father returned home from his job as a tow truck driver at an auto body shop, police said. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for body shop 

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of body shop was in 1906

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“Body shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20shop. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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