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Detroit iron
noun
a large, American car US, 1950- — Edd Byrnes, Way Out with Kookie, 1959
- — Chrysler Corporation, Of Anchors, Bezels, Pots and Scorchers, September 1959
- “Meanwhile, you prefer a bike to a Detroit iron?” — Irving Shulman, College Confidential, p. 84, 1960
- It’s underpowered. Two seats. Detroit iron. Nice, but compare it with a Jaguar XJS, which is quieter, smoother, handles better, is faster, and costs twenty thousand dollars less. — John McPhee, Irons in the Fire, p. 182, 1997
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