town car

noun

: a 4-door automobile with a usually open driver's compartment and a separate enclosed passenger compartment

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But farther up Doheny, a black sea of stretch limos and town cars flowed in and out of another, bigger, more raucous post-Oscar blowout still in full swing. Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025 The actor, 66, was getting his bags out of a black town car and tipping the driver as the 31-year-old comedian approached him, dressed in a wig and a suit to resemble the 78-year-old president. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025 As black town cars snaked down Wall Street from 5.30 p.m., onlookers leaving the office craned their necks and did a double take inside the temporary tent popped up outside Cipriani. Freya Drohan, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2024 On Madison Avenue, behind a large brass door just north of 61st Street, there’s a portal to old New York—martini New York, town car New York, the one with all the shoulder pads and creative-class expense accounts. Josh Condon, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for town car

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of town car was in 1906

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“Town car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20car. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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