town car

noun

Definition of town car

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

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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. 2018 The three of them were driving back in a black Lincoln town car on Elysian Fields Avenue when an Audi careening down the street struck them. — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, "Man's crime spree leaves New Mexico tourists battered and stranded in New Orleans," 6 May 2018 Of course, a night of la dolce vita in 2017 would not be complete without a high-tech photo-booth picture to boot, which guests indulged in before piling back in to town cars headed for the real world. — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, "Bulgari Brings La Dolce Vita to New York," 22 Oct. 2017

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