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  • proper noun A US manufacturer of luxury automobiles from the interwar years

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Examples

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    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

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  • It's about a bootlegger's driver whose 1925 Duesenberg race car is his one chance of escaping the Depression -- if he's willing to sacrifice everyone else he has ever loved.

    Interview: Melissa Scott odysseyworkshop 2009

  • Woogie was one of the two richest black men in Pittsburgh; drove a Duesenberg; was part-owner of the Crawford Grill, a popular night-spot, and withal a decent guy.

    Life on the Hill William Meyers 2011

  • He drove a green Duesenberg roadster with T.F.D. on the door.

    imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

  • On the 1934 Packard or the 1935 Duesenberg, two chunky steel beams and the rod that ties them together still peek out in front of their fancy radiator grilles.

    'The Allure of the Automobile' at Atlanta's High Museum by Blake Gopnik 2010

  • Did I perchance leave a bear costume in the back seat of your Duesenberg?

    A Selection From Einstein's Letters 2010

  • He drove a green Duesenberg roadster with T.F.D. on the door.

    imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

  • He gestured toward an automobile parked on the dirt road bordering the farm, a Duesenberg roadster.

    The Diamond Secret Suzanne Weyn 2009

  • He gestured toward an automobile parked on the dirt road bordering the farm, a Duesenberg roadster.

    The Diamond Secret Suzanne Weyn 2009

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