Concord coach
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Concord coach
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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This Concord coach is the famous Wild West stage, hauling mail and passengers over the plains and across deserts.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The drivers unhitched the mules from the Concord coach and put the harness up on the front boot of the coach.
From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by William H. Ryus
It has very low wheels, a heavy awkward body, and is as noisy as a Concord coach.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
Only lacked the old-fashioned Concord coach, from which to descend Jack Hamlin or Judge Starbottle.
From The Mountains by Stewart Edward White
If a load of hay or a big Concord coach should come along, I can't think what we should do.
From Clover by Susan Coolidge
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