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car sewers

car sewers is the plural of car sewer.

Meaning of car sewer

Noun

car sewer (plural car sewers)

  1. (derogatory, urban studies) A place made unfriendly or dangerous to non-drivers by cars and car infrastructure.
    • The usual reason for making a street one-way is to add capacity -- in other words, to turn it into a car sewer.2003 May 1, Alayne McGregor, “[CfSC] New consultant has outmoded ideas”, in flora.cfsc (Usenet), message-ID <Pine.LNX.4.33.0305011101381.8334-100000@pannier.cfsc.ottawa.on.ca>

Questions about car sewers

What is car sewers the plural of?
Car sewers is the plural of car sewer.

Words near car sewers in the dictionary

  1. car safety seat
  2. car safety seats
  3. car seat
  4. car seats
  5. car sewer
  6. car sewers
  7. car shed
  8. car sheds
  9. car show
  10. car shows
  11. car sickness

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