stepney
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A spare wheel or a spare tire.
2. Something or someone treated as a backup.
💬 Usage Examples
“‘It’s the off-tyre here!’ he muttered angrily. ‘You have a stepney, of course?’” Mark Hodder; Sexton Blake Versus the Master Crooks; Rebellion; 2020. “Here we can’t manage one wife, and you have a stepney before your first wife has even been declared legally dead.” Kiran Manral; Missing Presumed Dead; Amaryllis; 2018.