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limousine|ˈlɪmuːziːn|
[Fr., f. prec.]
A (luxury) motor car with a compartment for the passengers and a separate compartment for the driver. Also attrib.
Orig. the driver's seat was outside though covered with a roof. Since the 1930s the word has been more usual in North America than in the U.K.; recently it has been used, esp. in the U.S., for vehicles conveying passengers to and from large airports.
1902A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors 55 With certain kinds of engines, too, it is difficult to adopt any other form of car than the Tonneau, or for the wet weather the Limousine. 1905Westm. Gaz. 22 Nov. 9/2 A touring car..fitted with a brougham or limousine body. 1916A. Bennett Lion's Share xxx. 217 A few days later an automobile—not Audrey's but a large limousine—bumped, with slow and soft dignity, across the railway lines. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. May 279/2 He heard the purring of limousines gliding into Pall Mall. 1922W. J. Locke Tale of Triona v. 47 Whom she saw drive away in luxurious limousines. 1960I. Wallach Absence of Cello (1961) 27 Marian..struggled to the bus [at N.Y. airport] that was known for some reason as a ‘limousine’. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 3/4 Limousine service..to take them to the nearest city bus stop. 1970Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 38/1 Jones and most of the borough education directors—who are paid the same salary—are given chauffeur driven limousines. 1972Daily Tel. 16 May 9/3 The open limousine was followed by one in which Prince Philip travelled with Mme Pompidou. 1972Times 27 June (Tokyo Suppl.) p. vi/2 There are regular limousine services from the airport. 1973V. Canning Finger of Saturn i. 10 The people from the limousine got out... The limousine driver watched them go. 1973Country Life 13 Sept. 686 If the terms ‘limousine’ and ‘1½ litre’ appear incompatible, see, sit in, and drive the Triumph 1500... In the generous luxury you get in a well-padded limousine..long-distance travelling is limousine-smooth. All the other limousine touches are there too.
b. limousine liberal: a wealthy liberal. U.S.
1969Times 4 Nov. 10/5 The little man truly representing the ordinary people, hitting out strongly at Mr. Lindsay's ‘limousine liberal’ appeal. 1970N.Y. Times 26 Oct. 36 Canada is most fortunate to have a Premier who is willing to tell the bleeding hearts and limousine liberals what he thinks of them. |