Full record for hovercar n.

Definition	a car that utilizes an air-cushion as a means of support
OED requirements	antedating 1959
Earliest cite	in The Progress
Comment	Roberto Labanti submitted cites from two newspaper reports: a July 30 1959 cite from "The Salisbury Times" [Salisbury, MD], and a September 17, 1959 cite from "The Progress" [PA] Earliest cite in the OED database: 1961
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for hovercar n.

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1986 B. Sterling & L. Shiner Mozart in Mirrorshades in B. Sterling Mirrorshades (1986) 233	Rice's hovercar huffed along at a steady 80 mph.
1986 D. Carey Battlestations! iii.35	Beyond them were two private hover-cars.
1999 M.J. Friedman My Brother's Keeper iii. ii. 31	High overhead, a hovercar skimmed the tops of the buildings, twisting in the bright sunlight.