comcar
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of a fleet of cars, with drivers, maintained by the Australian Government for the transport of politicians and senior officials.
Australian usage
Example Sentences
- "It's an excellent story. Turnbull is telling it in a Comcar, which is driving us from Launceston (where he addressed a Jobs Forum) to Hobart (where he is due to address a dinner)."
- "The role played by political families in the party, and the inheriting of front-bench seats, has led to gibes that the best way to get ahead in the party is to 'get born in the back of a Comcar'."
Etymology
Collapsing of Commonwealth Car Service, the service's original name. Formally a blend of Commonwealth + car.