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spare tire
Definitions
1. Popular name for the excess of fat around the waist of some men.Quote: Josh (Bing Crosby) in Road to Singapore (1940): ' I'm so hungry my spare tire's deflated.'
2. Informal term from the 1960s for buttocks, the ass. See ass for synonyms.
3. Or: spare : obsolete in the sense of sweetheart in reserve.
An extra, spare wheel of a vehicle.
Usage: Some vehicles have the spare tire mounted on the hood.
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