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dune buggy definition

☆ dune buggy

a small, light automobile generally made from a standard, compact, rear-engine chassis and a prefabricated body, often made of fiberglass

Etymology: so called because orig. equipped with wide, low-pressure tires for driving on sand dunes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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