Fiat
WordNet
noun
(1) A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
"A friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
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Proper noun
- An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A..
Quotations
- 1997 Jill Nagle: Whores and Other Feminists (page 160) http://books.google.com/books?q=%22boyfriend+who+drove+a+fiat%22
- Even as a young feminist who was very angry at men, a real ballbuster, I had a boyfriend who drove a Fiat, I was always fashionable, even though it was hippie gear.
- 2003 -- Mary-Rose MacColl: Killing Superman (page 108) http://books.google.com/books?q=%22a+fiat+driver+at+heart%22
- We'd watched Marion pile her three kids and their stuff into an old Fiat 124 I was sure Dad must have picked for her; she didn't look like a Fiat driver at heart.
- 2005 -- Chris Bonner: Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia Care-based Therapy (page 13) http://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=%22can%27t+stand+driving+a+Fiat%22&btnG=Search+Books
- You are jet-lagged, have a headache, can't stand driving a Fiat, it's turned dark and you cannot see or read the road signs.