jeep
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jeep/ʤiːp/
▶noun trademark a small, sturdy motor vehicle with four-wheel drive, especially one used by the army.
– origin Second World War (orig. US): probably from the vehicle's model code GP, influenced by ‘Eugene the Jeep’, a creature in the Popeye comic strip.
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