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noun

wealthy patrons of a store, restaurant, theater, etc.; elite clientele.

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Origin of carriage trade

First recorded in 1710–20

Words nearby carriage trade

carriage dog, carriage horse, carriage house, carriage line, carriage return, carriage trade, carriageway, carrick bend, carrick bitt, Carrickfergus, Carrie

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How to use carriage trade in a sentence

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
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Dance instructors run a lucrative trade offering private lessons to couples before their wedding receptions, typically the tango.
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Rebels in Africa trade in children to fund their conflicts and obtain child soldiers.
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The Canterbury Tales was, Strohm writes, “one of the volumes around which the new trade would organize itself.”
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There was really only one good reason to maintain the embargo: Trade with Cuba strengthens the Castros.
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He replied that he had no objections, provided she did not encumber the carriage with bandboxes, which were his utter abhorrence.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
A gentleman got out of a carriage before it stopped, and fell between the rail and the platform.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
"She did not think so:" why should she have taken the trouble to look out of the carriage window at me as she said these words?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
"God bless 'ee, Missy," cried the old man in the shrill cracked voice of age, as he pressed up to the carriage window.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Liszt and his titled friends travelled in a first class carriage by themselves.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay

British Dictionary definitions for carriage trade

carriage trade

noun

trade from the wealthy part of society

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carriage trade

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