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calhambeque — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beater noun A kitchen tool used for mixing or whipping ingredients.
  • clunker noun A decrepit motor car.
  • heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
  • jalopy noun An old, run-down car, especially one that still somehow runs.

Senses

calhambeque is used for these senses in English:

  • beater (US, informal) An old or dilapidated automobile in poor operating condition.
  • clunker (informal) A decrepit motor car.
  • heap (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
  • jalopy (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

beater — full definition

  1. noun A kitchen tool used for mixing or whipping ingredients.
  2. noun Informally, an old, run-down car that still works.
  3. noun In a hunting party, a person employed to drive game toward the shooters.

clunker — full definition

  1. noun A decrepit motor car.
  2. noun Anything in poor condition or of poor quality.

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