curbstoner
v.— «Sometimes the mileage on the car is in question. Mr. Buyer, who recently complained to us about a transaction, may have been the victim of a “curbstoner.”» —“That Street-Corner Car Dealer May Be Taking You For A Ride” by Shelby Gilje Seattle Times (Wash.) June 3, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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