Citations:rearseat

English citations of rearseat

Noun: "the back seat of a vehicle"

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• 1971 — Bill Amidon, Charge…!, Bobbs-Merrill (1971):

  Page 362: When he reached the machine he poured the gas into the tank and fastened the can to the rearseat with an elastic thong he found there.

  Page 435: He took him for a ride and Lenny was exhilarated to be back on a motorcycle — even the rearseat.

• 1983 — David L. Lewis, "Sex and the Automobile: From Rumble Seats to Rockin' Vans", in The Automobile and American Culture (eds. David L. Lewis & Laurence Goldstein), University of Michigan Press (1983), →ISBN, page 128:

  Long before the van era, manufacturers designed beds into their vehicles by folding front seatbacks into rearseat cushions.

• 1985 — Ron Goulart, Brainz, Inc.: An Odd Jobs, Inc. Novel, Open Road Integrated Media (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  Pilgrim scowled, pointing in at the rearseat of his downed skycar.

• 1994 — Asiaweek, Volume 20, Issues 1-26, page lxi:

  The generosity of leg- and headroom is surprising (3 adults can occupy the rearseat in comfort with individual 3-point seatbelts and head restraints.)

• 1997 — Eric Hammel, Carrier Clash: The Invasion of Guadalcanal & The Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942, Pacifica Military History (1997), →ISBN, page 89:

  As soon as Rodenburg's move had concentrated the firepower potential of most of the Dauntless rearseat gunners, Horenburger led the formation in a gradual turn to starboard.

• 1998 — Sharon Stewart, Love for Sale, Harlequin (1998), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  The limo was still parked by the curb, the door still closed. Through tinted glass Matthew could vaguely see its rearseat occupants.

• 2005 — Wanda James, Driving from Japan: Japanese Cars in America, McFarland & Company (2007), →ISBN, page 65:

  Consumer Guide reviewed the Camry and after raving over its power and features, asked "What's not to like? A hard, overly raked rearseat back, restricted vision directly aft — and cost. […]

• 2005 — John B. Lundstrom, The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway, Naval Institute Press (2005), →ISBN:

  Page 199: Robert B. Buchan, another VB-2 pilot, reported his rearseat man downed a Japanese fighter.

  Page 268: One was flown by Hall, who was shot through both legs, and the other by Swanson, with his dead rearseat man.

• 2007 — Tom Strongman, "2007 Toyota Tundra", Kansas City Star, 11 August 2007:

  The CrewMax sacrifices a foot of bed length for a huge cabin whose rearseat legroom would make many a limousine blush.

• 2007 — Jim Mateja, "Focus gives voice to latest electronics", Chicago Tribune, 2 December 2007:

  Rearseat backs fold, but not flat.

• 2010 — Russ M. Herman, Courtroom Persuasion 2d: Winning with Art, Drama, and Science, AAJ Press (2010), page 309:

  In the rearseat, the lap belts are secure.