Lemon
Wheels
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Detroit Lemons: Reference to the home of American auto makers as well as the slang term often given to defective automobiles (their team logo is a lemon with wheels).
Source: Film / BASEketball - A variant of this happened with the March 1980 edition of Australian car magazine Wheels, when it controversially declared "No Car of the Year" for 1979, with the front cover featuring a giant lemon on four wheels.
Source: When Life Gives You Lemons
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Wheels and Lemon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lemon/wheels
Lemon & Wheels. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lemon/wheels>.
Wheels or Lemon. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lemon/wheels.
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