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beater noun- an older car, usually not in good condition, used for day-today driving US
- Paco hears them getting into Marty-boy’s rusted-out beater of a Mustang[.] — Larry Heinemann, Paco’s Story, p. 187, 1990
- — Judi Sanders, Don’t Dog by Do, Dude!, p. 2, 1991
- — John Edwards, Auto Dictionary, p. 13, 1993
- Beano would mail the picture to the geezer next week with an inscription from Testaverde saying how much Vinnie missed his rusted-out beater, which had really been owned by an airport yellow cab company before Bob’s paint shop had sprayed it green. — Stephen Cannell, Big Con, p. 31, 1997
- a drumstick BAHAMAS, 1975
- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 14, 1982
- a tank top shirt US
- The message provided enough information to help cops track the alleged killer, Bernard Piscopo, who has been charged with murder. He was allegedly the man in the “blue beater.” — The Boston Herald, p. 4, 24 August 2007
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