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long-bonneted

long-bonneted

English

Adjective

long-bonneted (not comparable)

  1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) (of a motor vehicle) Having a long bonnet.
    • 1927, Edgar Wallace, The Man Who Was Nobody, Chapter 11,
      Whilst they sat they heard the whirr of a motor car, and a long-bonneted limousine came into view and stopped opposite the gates, and a lady got out.
    • 2015, Ollie Marriage, "First Drive: Mercedes-Benz AMG GT GT S Premium 2dr Auto," Top Gear, 16 April, 2015,
      This is from the same school—it’s a long bonneted, rear drive coupe after all—but here the masses are more centralised and better controlled.