Meanings
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKnot comparable(of a motor vehicle) Having a long bonnet.
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.
2015 April 16, Ollie Marriage, “First Drive: Mercedes-Benz AMG GT GT S Premium 2dr Auto”, in Top Gear1 more example
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.
1927, Edgar Wallace, chapter 11, in The Man Who Was Nobody
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