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gas guzzler
noun as in automobile
Example Sentences
In 1992 the H1, a cult icon and a military-grade gas-guzzler, began selling domestically.
Another oil war was great news for GM’s flagship gas-guzzler.
Walker calculated that to keep the place afloat, drivers who spend half an hour plugged in would need to spend 70 percent more than the gas-guzzler who’s gone within five minutes.
The pattern does not hold true, however, for those with the lowest incomes, more than half of whom would continue to be burdened by high transportation costs — defined as more than 4 percent of their income — after trading in their gas-guzzler for an electric car.
The rules apply only to the sales of new cars, so you can keep your gas-guzzler.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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