SINCE 1828
town car
nounDefinition of town car
: a 4-door automobile with a usually open driver's compartment and a separate enclosed passenger compartment
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Uber strike teams would descend on a region like paratroopers, at first contacting limousine and town car companies and persuading their drivers to fill idle hours by working with Uber. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Uber’s guerrilla tactics and tech-bro parties chronicled in ‘Super Pumped’," 5 Sep. 2019 Cabs are democratic as limousines and town cars are not. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Kumail Nanjiani gets behind the wheel in ‘Stuber’," 11 July 2019 Using a car-sharing app eliminates trips to the airport or in-town car rental agency office. — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, "'Airbnb for cars’ is here, and renting will never be the same," 7 June 2019 Everyone wants to know about that 23-year-old kid who pulled up in a town car late Sunday night, going straight from the airport to Bellinger’s suburban Chandler, Ariz., home, and greeted exuberantly by their 7-year-old dog, Bella. — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, "Cody Bellinger, having the greatest season in Dodgers history, wants World Series rings like his dad," 4 June 2019 Movin' on Down To add to the list of necessary downtown additions prior to Condé Nast's exodus from Times Square (after a new Lambs Club outpost and an array of first-rate salons, both hair and nail): ample town car parking spots. — Rachel Mosely, Town & Country, "The 1% Daily," 25 July 2014 Goins kept driving after he was shot and hit Gonzalez's town car. — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, "Man's crime spree leaves New Mexico tourists battered and stranded in New Orleans," 6 May 2018 Another 25 percent of travelers use Uber, Lyft, an on-site shuttle or take a taxi or town car before hitting the PDX concourse. — Andrew Theen, OregonLive.com, "PDX jacks up prices for Uber, Lyft, parking," 30 May 2018 Littleton police arrested an Everett man after a multi-town car chase that ended in Acton, officials said. — Elise Takahama, BostonGlobe.com, "Police arrest Everett man who allegedly led officers on a multi-town car chase ending in Acton," 25 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'town car.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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