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red car

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A streetcar of the former Pacific Electric Railway mass transit system that went all across Greater Los Angeles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, informal

Examples

  • My father used to talk about how you could take a red car just about anywhere in the Los Angeles area.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The entire now-defunct corporation and system of the Pacific Electric Railway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Examples

  • The red car operated from 1901–1961.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, car.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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