Phrase guide
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noun
An early automobile, of the types designed before World War I.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Brass Era car
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an early term for an automobile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
History
Early term for an automobile, at the time it was common that carriages were pulled by animals, typically horses, but the automobiles were not.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
