carriage trade
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of carriage trade
First recorded in 1710–20
Example Sentences
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“All the hotels in L.A. are just a little tired,” said the New Yorker, who was once described by Architectural Digest as “a leading architect for the carriage trade, and the architect for fashion brands.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2020
I live in London, where there is a centuries-old licensed hackney carriage trade.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2017
They noted that the horse-drawn carriage trade was ended in at least three other cities: London in 1947, Paris in 1965 and Toronto in 1998.
From Time ● Apr. 19, 2014
Tennie referred contemptuously to the hypocrisy of Madame Restell’s carriage trade.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2014
Honest, even when I was fittin' corsets for the carriage trade, I never got so close to such a spiffy bunch.
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell
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