Oldsmobile
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- proper noun
- /ˈoʊldzməˌbiːl/
- At the corner of Fifth and Capitol, a dark blue Oldsmobile was stopped at the curb.
Examples
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Yeah, it's a '67 black Oldsmobile.
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The car was a blue Oldsmobile; it used to be his grandfather's.
Fiction book (2000) -
My father was an Oldsmobile man.
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Whose Oldsmobile is that outside?
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We watched him get into a yellow Oldsmobile and start the engine.
Fiction book (1998) -
The driver was a big man, built long and square just like the Oldsmobile.
Fiction book (1997) -
It was a gray Oldsmobile.
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We were all at the beach, and Nancy and I took Daddy's new Oldsmobile into town.
Academic text (1991) -
Tuna and George are driving off in the black Oldsmobile convertible.
Fiction book (2001) -
My father worked for Oldsmobile all his life, as did his father.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Oldsmobile was formed from the founder's name Olds and the word mobile, meaning 'moving', so the brand name literally suggests 'Olds's cars that move'. That's why Oldsmobile became the name of the American automobile company.