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grip-car

grip-car is the alternative spelling of grip car.

Meaning of grip car

Noun

grip car (plural grip cars)

  1. (US, dated) A streetcar, especially a cable car.
    • After dining Sam got on a grip car of the Wabash Avenue Cable, sitting on the front seat and letting the panorama of the town roll up to him.1916, Sherwood Anderson, chapter 3, in Windy McPherson's Son, John Lane Company, New York, →OCLC

Forms of grip-car

pluralgrip-cars

Questions about grip-car

What is grip-car the alternative spelling of?
Grip-car is the alternative spelling of grip car.

Words near grip-car in the dictionary

  1. grip up
  2. grip wax
  3. grip waxes
  4. grip-and-grin
  5. grip-and-grins
  6. grip-car
  7. grip-cars
  8. grip-lit
  9. gripe
  10. gripe water
  11. gripe waters

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