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limousine

[lim-uh-zeen, lim-uh-zeen]

noun

  1. any large, luxurious automobile, especially one driven by a chauffeur.

  2. a large sedan or small bus, especially one for transporting passengers to and from an airport, between train stations, etc.

  3. a former type of automobile having a permanently enclosed compartment for from three to five persons, with a roof projecting forward over the driver's seat in front.



limousine

/ ˈlɪməˌziːn, ˌlɪməˈziːn /

noun

  1. any large and luxurious car, esp one that has a glass division between the driver and passengers

  2. a former type of car in which the roof covering the rear seats projected over the driver's compartment

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of limousine1

1900–05; < French: kind of motorcar, special use of limousine long cloak, so called because worn by the shepherds of Limousin
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of limousine1

C20: from French, literally: cloak (originally one worn by shepherds in Limousin ), hence later applied to the car
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She’s referring to Nick Carraway’s reference to “two bucks and a girl” upon seeing three wealthy Black people passing by in a white-chauffeured limousine.

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Saynor used his limousine business to lure child victims in Rotherham - his trial heard how we would pick up young girls at schools and children's homes and offer them "promotional work".

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There will be a few other moments of visual awe — say, a limousine standing on its nose — but only that one shot aspires to beauty.

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He shunned the papal limousine and insisted on sharing the bus taking other cardinals home.

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In the guitar-powered slow burn, she recounts hating high school and escaping to the city where she encountered “Drag queens in limousines / Nuns in blue jeans / Dreamers with big dreams.”

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