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  • noun Alternative form of auto body.

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Examples

  • To me, they look as scary as Naomi Campbell duplicated, so I don't actually blame the men for concentrating on that acid-coloured autobody, which is like Katie Price on four inflated wheels.

    The big picture: fashion shoot, 1975 2010

  • Nor are American automakers immune from disruption—Ford, GM and Chrysler all depend on Japan for components ranging from high-tech computer chips to certain pigments for autobody paint.

    A Lesson of Import 2011

  • He left his family's autobody business to start his own businesses, travel the world, redesign his body, rediscover his love for his family, and enjoy the best the planet has to offer, including philanthropy and the little things we so often undervalue.

    Tim Ferriss: Cold Remedy: 18 Real-World Lifestyle Design Case Studies (Now, It's Your Turn) 2010

  • Workers at Ford's plant in Chennai inspected autobody parts on a conveyor belt.

    Cars via Chennai 2010

  • I'm an Assistant Barn Mananger, a Nanny, autobody tech extraordinaire in trainingartist, author, mohawk wearin' badazz mutha.

    Leaders for Energy Independence Jax 2009

  • I'm an Assistant Barn Mananger, a Nanny, autobody tech extraordinaire in trainingartist, author, mohawk wearin' badazz mutha.

    ROAM! (Restoring Our American Mustangs) passed! Jax 2009

  • At last count I had a ball pien, a cross pien, a panel hammer (autobody), six framing hammers (16-28 oz), a couple of finish hammers, a planishing hammer, 3 or 4 hand sledges, a tack hammer and a 12 # sledge hammer.

    God's Hammer 2009

  • I'm an Assistant Barn Mananger, a Nanny, autobody tech extraordinaire in trainingartist, author, mohawk wearin' badazz mutha.

    Mattawoman Creek Maryland's Most Polluted? Jax 2009

  • I'm an Assistant Barn Mananger, a Nanny, autobody tech extraordinaire in trainingartist, author, mohawk wearin' badazz mutha.

    Bush targets Wolves. AGAIN! Jax 2009

  • I'm an Assistant Barn Mananger, a Nanny, autobody tech extraordinaire in trainingartist, author, mohawk wearin' badazz mutha.

    Water Conservation in the news Jax 2009

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  • n. (N.Am.) the body or outer covering of a car; also auto body. An autobody shop (see quot.) is presumably a panel beater.

    I walked past the knitwear and pencil factories, the General Electric plant, the typesetting warehouses and lumberyards, the dry cleaners and autobody shops.

    —Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces

    July 4, 2008