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hubcap

[ huhb-kap ]

noun

  1. a removable cover for the center area of the exposed side of an automobile wheel, covering the axle.


hubcap

/ ˈʌˌæ /

noun

  1. a metal cap fitting onto the hub of a wheel, esp a stainless steel or chromium-plated one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hubcap1

First recorded in 1900–05; hub + cap 1
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Its custom-made fittings include mink seats, a gold disc on top of the grille and hubcaps carrying his initials.

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Bird Jam has a Cadillac hubcap and nitrogen tank as its body, with wings attached to a miniature banjo.

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Inside her studio, some of her favorite pieces from more than 100 solo exhibitions around the world are flanked by towering pillars of tires, stacks of steering wheels and disused hubcaps.

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But his other extracurricular activity was stealing hubcaps and pies with a gang called the Persian Warriors.

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The freeway was a dangerous, kinetic collage of spinning wheels and whirling, sparking hubcaps and rectangular hunks of metal flying forward, any piece of which, at any instant, could crash into me.

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