Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
white-baker .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a tyre/tire having
white sidewalls - noun a whitewall
tyre /tire - noun the spotted flycatcher
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Examples
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Here's what all that turbodiesel torque can do to a pair of much-abused "whitewall" tires.
Jalopnik 2010
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In addition, he was instructed to get a Marines-type "whitewall" haircut, to wear an ill-fitting suit (it had belonged to his deceased father-in-law), and to describe himself as a penurious student at City College.
Adrian Monck 2008
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(A fine, cream-colored bead around the rim of the vessel looks like it could be a remnant of whitewall.)
New 'Vantage Point' show at American Indian museum shows off symbolic power Blake Gopnik 2010
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Until recently, an old coupe with whitewall tires sat outside a barn in Madison, Conn., rusting among the pieces of junk in the backyard of a local firearms engineer.
Car Treasure Unearthed Shelly Banjo 2011
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Color gloriously informs the identity of a vintage car with whitewall tires in Mexico City's Automobile Museum.
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It's like getting whitewall tires and a chauffeur for a Scion.
New Customs: Changing Language, Changing Bikes BikeSnobNYC 2010
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This one was a 1925 V8 Custom Suburban, whitewall spares strapped to either side of the hood and spare gas cans fastened to the trunk.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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Dolly had never seen Our Lady of the Lake, but her whitewall tires spun up and down the gently rolling, landscaped hills.
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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This one was a 1925 V8 Custom Suburban, whitewall spares strapped to either side of the hood and spare gas cans fastened to the trunk.
Come Again No More Jack Todd 2010
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It ' s a marvelous saga of dangerous missions, helt er-skelter innovation and clandestine activity, punc tuated by succulent reminders that this was the era of the Mad Men ' s paradise lost: the steaks, the martinis, a fight over a wife in a bar, the Buick with whitewall tires roaring past an old crusader castle.
Tinker, Tailor, Pilot, Spy Andrew Stuttaford 2010
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