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Definition of coupé
1 : a four-wheeled closed horse-drawn carriage for two persons inside with an outside seat for the driver in front
2 usually coupe : a 2-door automobile often seating only two persons; also : one with a tight-spaced rear seat — compare sedan
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But consider: who wouldn’t love a mechanic who kept your 1949 Ford coupe on the street by replacing the burned-out motor with a boat engine?
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Pour into a coupe or martini glass and float the lemon peel on top.
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The wide wheels, flush with the outer edge of the body, along with lots of ground clearance, hint at the coupe’s off road ambitions.
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Bike rentals: cruisers, tandems, choppers, quad sports, deuce coupes, four-wheel surrey bikes.
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On a friend’s recommendation, Phillips drove the XKE to a local Mercedes showroom, where an exquisite, two-tone, silver and black 1970 250C coupe caught her eye.
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The man in the dark overcoat at the photo’s center is standing very near the right-front fender of the small coupe that is clearly prevented from continuing on Terry by the classy sedan on the left.
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The 1990s gray Dodge Stealth coupe veered into the concrete center divider for unknown reasons, then went back across lanes and onto the right-hand dirt shoulder, Cistaro said.
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In truth, the reborn 8 Series is really about BMW rejigging its model line-up, moving its big two-door coupe further upmarket to allow space for the existing 6 Series to become something else.
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Origin and Etymology of coupé
French coupé, from past participle of couper to cut, strike
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