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rumble seat

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rumble seat

–noun
1. Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
2. Furniture. wagon seat.
3. Slang. the buttocks.

Origin:
1910–15

wagon seat

–noun Furniture.
a plain, unupholstered settee, usually with a slat back, for use either indoors or in a wagon.
Also called rumble seat.


Origin:
1850–55, Americanism
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rumble seat  
n.  An uncovered passenger seat that opens out from the rear of an automobile.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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