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clown car
[ kloun kahr ]
noun
- a very small car used in a comedic circus routine, in which the normal passenger capacity is greatly exceeded by the numerous clowns who climb out from inside.
- Informal. a group whose size seems absurdly excessive for the purported function of the group, and whose effectiveness is therefore questionable:
The planning committee has added yet another member to its clown car, almost guaranteeing further delays.
- Informal. a small car:
He used to call my old Beetle a clown car, but when gas prices soared, I got the last laugh.
Word History and Origins
Origin of clown car1
Example Sentences
By comparison, a comic novel could succeed with about as many readers as it takes to fill a clown car, and yet the shelf of funny fiction is not much longer than a knock-knock joke.
The House Republican Conference was “a clown car I was trying to drive.”
This document is just another indicator that the clown car simply unloads a new bunch in D.C. every election cycle.
The clown car simply unloads a new bunch in D.C. every election cycle.
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