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red car

red car noun: a streetcar of the former Pacific Electric Railway mass transit system that went all across Greater Los Angeles.

Noun

red car (plural red cars)

  1. (historical, informal) A streetcar of the former Pacific Electric Railway mass transit system that went all across Greater Los Angeles.
    • My father used to talk about how you could take a red car just about anywhere in the Los Angeles area.
  2. (historical) The entire now-defunct corporation and system of the Pacific Electric Railway.
    • The red car operated from 1901–1961.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, car.

Forms of red car

pluralred cars

Questions about red car

What does red car mean?
Red car means a streetcar of the former Pacific Electric Railway mass transit system that went all across Greater Los Angeles.
What part of speech is red car?
Red car is a noun.
What is the plural of red car?
The plural of red car is red cars.

Words near red car in the dictionary

  1. red campions
  2. red candle
  3. red candles
  4. red cap
  5. red caps
  6. red car
  7. red card
  8. red cardinal
  9. red cardinal flower
  10. red cardinal flowers
  11. red cardinals

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