1-800 car
n.— «Eventually, hot rods became street rods, what the unkind call “1-800″ cars—assembled out of purpose-built, pre-engineered parts. With sparkling chrome and glistening paint, street rods tend to be a lot more show than go.» —“Family’s junkyard prospect turns heads” by Robert K. Rooney Canada.com Feb. 22, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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