epatraktor
Swedish
A repurposed Volvo Duet with the characteristic warning triangle for slow-moving vehicles.
Etymology
From EPA + traktor (“tractor”).
From the department store chain EPA, which implied low quality.
Noun
epatraktor ?
- classification from 1940 to 1975 for vehicles that has been repurposed and reclassified into an agricultural machine
- (nonstandard) A-traktor
Variants
- EPA-traktor
Synonyms
- epa or EPA
- biltraktor
- dragbil
- autotraktor
References
- epatraktor in Svensk ordbok (SO)