coach-and-four
[ kohch-uhn-fawr, -fohr ]
noun
a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.
Origin of coach-and-four
1First recorded in 1880–85
Words Nearby coach-and-four
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How to use coach-and-four in a sentence
That curiously historic worn-out family with its ghostly legend of the coach-and-four?
Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Thomas HardySometime after, a coach-and-four approached; which the surviving monkey no sooner descried, than he set up a most dismal yell.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsOn the third day she looked out of the back-door, and saw a coach-and-four coming along the road.
More English Fairy Tales | VariousThe end had come; the clock had struck twelve, and her fineries were rags, her coach-and-four was a pumpkin and mice.
An Ambitious Woman | Edgar FawcettEven in that short drive, the idea of riding in a coach-and-four was losing some of its freshness, and deeper thoughts had come.
The Fairchild Family | Mary Martha Sherwood
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