light trap
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Nobody in town would drop to what might be going on inside till the whole thing was over, and the swag ready to be popped into a light trap and cleared off with.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
Hugh had put the big trotting mare in the light trap for Miss Harriott and Mary to drive home.
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
He described how the previous witness had called at the police-station, and how they went out in a light trap on the Norwich road together.
From The White Lie by William Le Queux
It was cold and rainy weather; the worn-out posting-horses could scarcely drag my light trap through the black slush of the highroad.
From A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
Mr. Deane was to drive with Mary in a light trap and I was to ride, for I had a good steady horse at stable in Sydney growing fat and restive for want of exercise.
From Miss Grantley's Girls And the Stories She Told Them by Thomas Archer
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