(Australia,New Zealand,automotive) A small vehicle based on the same platform as a family car but with aunibody construction and a built-in open tray area for carrying goods; similar but not identical to apick-up truck.
2007, Sheryl Persson,The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Australia: Exisle Publishing,→ISBN,page40:
The Reverend John Flynn, a man of simple tastes, was always recognisable in the outback, dressed in a suit, driving an oldute and puffing on a pipe.
2008, Penelope Adams,Why Women Are Stupid, Lulu,→ISBN,page105:
Still, given the choice between being stuck behind aute in tropical scenery and spending four to five hours driving through stretches of semi-desert, I′d rather have theute-plus-heart-attack.
2009, Damian Veltri, “Bandt, Louis (Lewis) Thornett (1910–1987)”, in Dianne Lingmore, Darryl Bennet, editors,Australian Dictionary of Biography,volume 17 1981–1990: A–K,→ISBN,page55:
A sample body was made in 1933 and the first utilities, or ‘utes’, rolled off the production line next year. Dubbed ‘the Kangaroo Chaser’ by Henry Ford when Bandt displayed two examples in Detroit, United States of America, in 1935, theute was quickly recognised as the ideal farmers' vehicle.
2023 December 31, Matthew Weaver, “Rohan Dennis charged over death of wife, fellow cyclist Melissa Dennis”, inThe Guardian[1],→ISSN:
Paramedics rushed Melissa Dennis to the Royal Adelaide hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by aute at Medindie on Saturday night.
Þonne sē hīredes ealdor inn gǣþ and his duru beclȳst, and ġē standaþ þǣrūte and þā duru cnociaþ, and cweðaþ, "Dryhten, ātȳn ūs," þonne cwiþ hē tō ēow, "Ne cann iċ ēow; nāt iċ hwanon ġē sind."
When the master of the house goes in and shuts the door, and you standoutside and knock on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," then he will say to you, "I don't know you, I don't know where you're from."
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