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 large Concord coach filled with passengers soon arrived from Denver, and owing to the severity of the storm, put up for the night.
From Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events by Patterson, H. DeF.
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 Ballou, Maturin Murray
The great Concord coach slipped and slid and swayed on its huge springs as we rounded the curves.
From Vanished Arizona by Summerhayes, Martha
Twenty-seven hundred and sixty miles in twenty-five days, meant a fast clip for horses and a lumbering Concord coach over ungraded roads.
From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)
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