spare-tire

spare tire

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 definition


  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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