bomber
n.— «It didn’t seem like a good idea to arrive at Adele Slivinski’s office in the Bomber—it was a car that tend to make people skeptical of the driver.» —by John Case Eight Day Nov. 26, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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