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Cutlass

Swedish translation: Oldsmobile Cutlass


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English term or phrase:Cutlass
Swedish translation:Oldsmobile Cutlass
Entered by: Mats Wiman
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10:51 Apr 13, 2004
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
English term or phrase: Cutlass
Bilmodell
SwedishTra
Oldsmobile Cutlass
Explanation:
den populäraste varianten F-85 tillverkades 1961-1988
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5 +4Oldsmobile Cutlassasptech
5kortsvärd, machete
Mats Wiman


  

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Oldsmobile Cutlass


Explanation:
den populäraste varianten F-85 tillverkades 1961-1988

asptech
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cutlass
kortsvärd, machete


Explanation:
Orsaken till att Oldsmobile döpte modellen till Cutlass. Jfr: Fairchild A10 Thenderbolt/SAAB F37 Thunderbolt (Viggen), Ford Thunderbird, Ford Falcon etc

Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry:cutlass
Function:noun
Inflected Form:-es
Etymology:alteration of earlier coutelace, from Middle French coutelas, aug. of coutel knife, from Latin cultellus small knife, diminutive of culter knife * more at COLTER

1 : a short heavy curving cutting sword formerly used by sailors on war vessels
2 : MACHETE




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