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  • noun Plural form of motorcar.

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Examples

  • Retro means smartly playing dumb, as if automobiles were still called motorcars and abstraction were still art's cutting edge.

    Last-Minute Reprieve 2008

  • A person with 'hot' money can for instance spend large amounts of cash on expensive items, such as motorcars, and sell these items again.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • The way she said "motorcars" made these machines sound very high-class, indeed.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3 1983

  • "motorcars" simply reeked of riches and crushing hauteur.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3 1983

  • We could blame the organization; we could blame the government; we could blame the police force; we could blame the weather; we could blame the food; we could blame the highways; we could blame our own motorcars, our own clothes; we could blame an infinite variety of things.

    Lodro Rinzler: The Value of Mistakes in Buddhism Lodro Rinzler 2010

  • We could blame the organization; we could blame the government; we could blame the police force; we could blame the weather; we could blame the food; we could blame the highways; we could blame our own motorcars, our own clothes; we could blame an infinite variety of things.

    Lodro Rinzler: The Value of Mistakes in Buddhism Lodro Rinzler 2010

  • Prior to Selden and Benz, internal combustion engines were considered too bulky to be practical for motorcars.

    Matthew Yglesias » Obama’s Car Invention Myth 2009

  • We could blame the organization; we could blame the government; we could blame the police force; we could blame the weather; we could blame the food; we could blame the highways; we could blame our own motorcars, our own clothes; we could blame an infinite variety of things.

    Lodro Rinzler: The Value of Mistakes in Buddhism Lodro Rinzler 2010

  • We could blame the organization; we could blame the government; we could blame the police force; we could blame the weather; we could blame the food; we could blame the highways; we could blame our own motorcars, our own clothes; we could blame an infinite variety of things.

    Lodro Rinzler: The Value of Mistakes in Buddhism Lodro Rinzler 2010

  • We could blame the organization; we could blame the government; we could blame the police force; we could blame the weather; we could blame the food; we could blame the highways; we could blame our own motorcars, our own clothes; we could blame an infinite variety of things.

    Lodro Rinzler: The Value of Mistakes in Buddhism Lodro Rinzler 2010

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