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stock car

–noun
1. a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
2. Also called cattle car. Railroads. a boxcar for carrying livestock.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism for def. 2


stock-car, adjective
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stock car 
racing car with a basic chassis of an ordinary commercially produced vehicle, 1914, Amer.Eng., from stock (n.2) + car.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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