station sedan

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Noun

station sedan (plural station sedans)

1. (US, Australia, obsolete) A station wagon.
   • 1948, American Machinist, Volume 92, Issues 1-5, page 72,

     July 11, 1946, the first station wagon went into production. It has the familiar Jeep “front-end look” with radiator grid, bonnet, front fenders, cowl, dash, windshield assembly and door assemblies identical with those in panel delivery, 2- and 4-wheel drive trucks and the new station sedan.

   • 1949 April 18, Advertisement, Life, page 120,

     The ‘Jeep’ Station Sedan combines the luxurious riding ease of a sedan with the spaciousness of a station-wagon.

   • 1975, South Australian Supreme Court, The South Australian State Reports, volume 12, page 405:

     He noticed somebody come running around the corner and to the side of the station sedan nearer to the kerb, and get in.

   • 1993, Paul B. Kidd, Never to Be Released, 2001, Pan Macmillan Australia, unnumbered page,

     Police throughout Australia were alerted to keep a lookout for a white or cream 1973–74 Holden Kingswood station sedan.