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Edsel
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English
Etymology
The automobile marque is en Edsel Ford = 1 1893 1943, son of Henry Ford. Compare de Etzel.
Proper noun
en male Germanic languages Etzel.
en historical automotive An automobile marque that was planned, manufactured and launched with great advertising hype by the Ford Motor Company in September 1957, but was a notorious failure.
Noun
en US informal Any unwanted product or commercial failure, especially one given much publicity.
en flop lead balloon lemon
en 1998 Star Trek: Voyager Timeless (Star Trek: Voyager) Timeless 5 6 Rick Berman; Brannon Braga; Joe Menosky Tom Paris Tom Paris: Harry… I think we built an Edsel.Harry Kim: A what?Tom Paris: A lemon. A disaster waiting to happen.
en 2016 Ryan Holiday Ego is the Enemy 97 It was as if, they wrote, “IBM has deliberately established a pair of subsidiaries, one to produce computers and profits, another to manufacture Edsels and losses.”
Anagrams
en deels Deels Leeds deels deles ledes leeds
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :bor en:Edsel + 1
Pronunciation
ceb Ed sel
Noun
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ceb male English < Germanic languages Etzel.