ESTATE CAR Definition & Meaning

estate car

British.

estate car

a car with a comparatively long body containing a large carrying space, reached through a rear door: usually the back seats can be folded forward to increase the carrying space Also called (esp US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ)station wagon

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First recorded in 1945–50

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Witness testimony said a man carrying a bag left the scene and later got into an estate car, and officers worked to identify him.

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One of those lines of inquiry was a dark green estate car seen parked near the shop at the time of the killing.

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Officers said she was reportedly seen getting into a dark estate car near the Angel Pub before driving away.

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Eight bullet holes could be seen in the windscreen of a large black estate car.

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She was photographed in a headscarf and sunglasses behind the wheel of a green Jaguar estate car.

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