red rocket

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Noun

red rocket (plural red rockets)

1. (Canada, slang) Any of the red-painted electrical streetcars and subway trams operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Canada, especially the classic models used during the early and mid-20th century.
   • 1991, "Save the Red Rocket," (editorial) Toronto Star, 9 Sep., p. A14

     Toronto's Red Rocket streetcars are renowned worldwide as a symbol of our city.

2. (US, slang) The erect penis of a dog, wolf, etc.
   • 2009, Christopher John Campion, Escape from Bellevue, page 36:

     For his showstopper he’d grab hold of your bumper and start humping it like a Labrador no longer able to contain his red rocket.