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a couch that outran your problems, with a sunroof for screaming at the moon
means A long, luxurious chauffeur-driven car, typically with a privacy partition between driver and passengers, hired or owned for comfort and show.
from From French 'limousine,' originally an adjective meaning 'of the Limousin,' a region of central France. The popular story is that early enclosed automobiles resembled the heavy hooded cloaks worn by Limousin shepherds — the driver sat exposed up front while passengers rode sheltered in a covered cabin, like a body wrapped in a cloak. Whether the shepherd's cape is the true source or a tidy after-the-fact tale, the word arrived in English in the early 20th century already meaning a grand, partly enclosed car.
- name origin
- Named after Limousin, France, and its hooded cloaks
- stretch limit
- Some exceed 30 feet, banned in many cities
- presidential beast
- The Beast weighs 20,000 pounds, basically a tank
- prom economy
- Drives a billion-dollar yearly teenage rental boom
presidential state car — the beast carries the us president, 20-foot armored cadillac built in 2018
papal limousine — pope francis travels in a modified mercedes-benz s600 popemobile in vatican city
stretched hummer h2 — luxury limo conversion popular in las vegas casinos from 2000s onwards