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low-rider

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low⋅rid⋅er

[loh-rahy-der]
–noun
1. an individually decorated and customized car fitted with hydraulic jacks that permit lowering of the chassis nearly to the road.
2. a person, often a teenager, who owns and drives such a car.

Origin:
1975–80; low 1 + rider
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low·rid·er or low-rid·er or low rider   (lō'rī'dər)   
n.   Chiefly Southwestern U.S.
  1. A customized car whose springs have been shortened so that the chassis rides close to the ground, often equipped with hydraulic lifts that can be controlled by the driver: "a 1964 Chevrolet Impala low rider belonging to Clemente Fuentes, who can make the car rock and wobble like a conga dancer" (Edmund Newton).

  2. A person who drives such a car.

low'rid'er adj.
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