Cape cart
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Not long did it take him to collect his scanty baggage and fling it into a "cab," otherwise an open, two-seated Cape cart.
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
Accordingly, when Guy drove up in a comfortable Cape cart, Jack climbed into it, and accompanied him round the camp.
From With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
Soon after breakfast the Cape cart was inspanned.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford
The little schoolmaster was seated at breakfast when the Cape cart clattered noisily up the sunny street, and Lawless, descending from it, entered the hotel.
From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young
So we provided ourselves with a comfortable and roomy Cape cart and four strong horses to make the journey up country, and we were prepared for once to take things easy.
From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon
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