red rocket

noun

Any of the red-painted electrical streetcars and subway trams operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Canada, especially the classic models used during the early and mid-20th century.

Meanings

nounred rocket (plural red rockets)

plural red rockets

  1. CanadaslangAny of the red-painted electrical streetcars and subway trams operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Canada, especially the classic models used during the early and mid-20th century.

    Toronto's Red Rocket streetcars are renowned worldwide as a symbol of our city.

    1991, "Save the Red Rocket," (editorial) Toronto Star, 9 Sep., p. A14
  2. USslangThe erect penis of a canid.

    For his showstopper he’d grab hold of your bumper and start humping it like a Labrador no longer able to contain his red rocket.

    2009, Christopher John Campion, Escape from Bellevue, page 36
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