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spare tire

 
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–noun
1. a tire used or kept available as an emergency replacement on a vehicle.
2. Informal. excess fat around the waistline.
Origin:
1920–25
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spare tire  
n.  

  1. An additional tire carried in a vehicle as a replacement for one that goes flat.

  2. Slang A paunch; a potbelly.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
spare tire

  1. n.
    a thickness in the waist; a roll of fat around one's waist. : The spare tire started when I was twenty-six.
  2. n.
    an unneeded person; an unproductive person. : Gary is a spare tire. Send him home.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

spare tire

Fat around one's middle, as in He's determined to lose ten pounds and that spare tire he's acquired. This expression transfers the term for an extra tire carried in cars in case of a flat tire to excess fat around the waist. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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