coachee
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The only difference between a small waggon and a coachee, is, that the latter is better finished, has varnished pannels, and doors at the side.
From Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe by William Bingley
Ah! people in our great-grandfathers’ days would have opened their eyes if you had talked about being an engine-driver; and I ain’t much like a four-horse mail coachee, am I?
From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by George Manville Fenn
Says coachee, "Why Thomas you puzzle my brains, For you never can bridle your wit;" "But how comes it, that I, tho' exposed to the reins Ev'ry day, never suffer a bit?"
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 by Various
"Then, with all respect for your Honor, I just laugh at it," said coachee, bowing.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 273, September 15, 1827 by Various
The scoundrel of a coachee overdid his instructions, and upset the "conveniency" into a lime-kiln.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
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