wholecar

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noun

A piece of graffiti that covers an entire train carriage.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounwholecar (plural wholecars)

plural wholecars

  1. slangartsA piece of graffiti that covers an entire train carriage.

    The relatively small cars and the access to platforms by the trains has led to a great number of wholecars being painted in Hamburg over the years.

    2009, Torkel Sjöstrand, Subway World: Graffiti on Trains, Stockholm: Dokument Press, →ISBN, page 48

Origin

  1. GermanWholecar
  2. Englishwholecar

Borrowed from German Wholecar, equivalent to whole + car.

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APA

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

MLA

“wholecar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wholecar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wholecar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wholecar.

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