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Olds, n. N. Amer. colloq.|əʊldz, əʊlz|
[Abbrev. of Oldsmobile, the brand name of a type of motor car first built by Ransom Eli Olds at the Olds Motor Works in Michigan in 1896 and subsequently by General Motors Corporation.]
An Oldsmobile car, esp. a large family saloon model.
1932Amer. Motorist Feb. 4/3 An oil-tempered regulator, automatic choke and thermostatic manifold heat control are refinements destined to play a part in Olds popularity for 1932. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §81/7 Makes of automobiles..Olds. 1959C. Williams Man in Motion vii. 83, I saw the blue Olds coming. It slid to a stop at the curb. 1976L. Sanders Hamlet Warning iv. 34 Loomis backed his Olds Regency from the palacio garage. 1987A. M. Kabal Bad Money ii. vi. 161 ‘I assume you hired some monster.’ ‘I got an Olds,’ Caro admitted. |