dodg·em car
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dodg|em — «DOJ uhm», noun, or dodgem car, any one of various small cars ridden for entertainment in rinks at amusement parks or fairs: »It was as meaningless as watching a crowd of dodgem cars bumping and whirling at a fair (Josepine Tey) … Useful english dictionary
dodgem car — dodg|em car [ˈdɔdʒəm ˌka: US ˈda:dʒəm ˌka:r] n BrE [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Dodgem, a trademark] a car used on the dodgems American Equivalent: bumper car … Dictionary of contemporary English
dodgem car — variant UK US Main entry: dodgem * * * dodg|em «DOJ uhm», noun, or dodgem car, any one of various small cars ridden for entertainment in rinks at amusement parks or fairs: »It was as meaningless as watching a crowd of dodgem cars bumping and… … Useful english dictionary
Dodgson,Charles Lutwidge — Dodg·son (dŏjʹsən), Charles Lutwidge. Pen name Lewis Car·roll (kărʹəl) 1832 1898. British mathematician and writer. His stories about Alice, invented to amuse the young daughter of a friend, appear in the classics Alice s Adventures in Wonderland … Universalium
Carowinds — Infobox Amusement park name = Carowinds caption = location = Charlotte location2 = North Carolina location3 = United States flagicon|USA opening date = March 31, 1973 previous names = Carowinds (1973 1993),(2007 present) Paramount s Carowinds… … Wikipedia
dodgem — (also dodgem car) noun a small electrically powered car driven within an enclosure at a funfair, with the aim of bumping other such cars and avoiding being bumped by them. Origin 1920s: US proprietary name (as Dodg em), from the phr. dodge them … English new terms dictionary
New World Amusement Park — 新世界 The now defunct gateway of New World, circa December 2010 Location Jalan Besar, Singapore Owner Shaw Organi … Wikipedia
dodgem — ► NOUN ▪ a small electrically powered car with rubber bumpers, driven within an enclosure at a funfair with the aim of bumping other such cars. ORIGIN US proprietary name (as Dodg em), from dodge them … English terms dictionary
