jaunting car


noun
  1. a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.

Origin of jaunting car

1
First recorded in 1795–1805

Words Nearby jaunting car

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How to use jaunting car in a sentence

  • It seemed in her dream that the goat was harnessed to the jaunting-car belonging to the father of her friend Molly.

    Our Little Irish Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
  • She was quick to notice that, besides the driver, three gentlemen and a lady filled the seats of the jaunting-car.

    Our Little Irish Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
  • I have always wanted to ride in a jaunting-car, but it is more fun to talk about it than to really do it.

    Our Little Irish Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
  • But as they reached their own door, the very jaunting-car they had met on the road to Killarney drove up.

    Our Little Irish Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
  • She was not fond of driving over the dangerous roads, and for a jaunting car she had a special dislike.

    Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah Reed

British Dictionary definitions for jaunting car

jaunting car

noun
  1. a light two-wheeled one-horse car, formerly widely used in Ireland

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