Word: low-slung
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...dealers were going to sell the new Willys-Overland "Whippet," a low-slung coursing car designed to make 55 miles an hour and 30 miles on a gallon of gasoline; a roustabout car that "turns on a dime," stops with a swish of its four-wheel brakes. Out in the yards 885 of these machines waited to be driven away to dealer showrooms in the farthest reaches of the country. Mr. Willys was content. He was the first manufacturer to offer a U. S. equivalent to the diminutive European touring-traffic-and-economy cars like the Bean in England...
Instantly the crowd parted and drew back upon the sidewalks, shepherded by smiling Japanese policemen. The Imperial family is popularly supposed to be directly descended from the gods. When Hirohito rides forth in his low-slung limousine, the common people consider it almost a sacrilege to cross in front of the Imperial Guard. Hence they scuttled out of the way and stood tiptoeing excitedly...