DUESENBERG


Meaning of DUESENBERG in English

n

a large, fast and expensive car made in the US between 1920 and 1937 during the Jazz Age . Its popular name was a ‘Duesie’, and Americans still use the informal word ‘doozy’ or ‘doozie’ to mean something that is special. It was the first US car to win the Grand Prix at Le Mans, France, in 1921.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.