red car

noun

A streetcar of the former Pacific Electric Railway mass transit system that went all across Greater Los Angeles.

“The red car operated from 1901–1961.”

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Meanings

nounred car (plural red cars)

plural red cars

  1. historicalinformalA streetcar of the former Pacific Electric Railway mass transit system that went all across Greater Los Angeles.

    My father used to talk about how you could take a red car just about anywhere in the Los Angeles area.

  2. historicalThe entire now-defunct corporation and system of the Pacific Electric Railway.

    The red car operated from 1901–1961.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, car.
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APA

red car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20car

MLA

“red car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20car.

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