coach-built
adjective
(of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
coach-builder
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a word derived from
coach-built.
Example Sentences
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"It is nothing," I answered, with a swift glance into his eyes; "my servants have gone to seek a blacksmith, or a coach-builder."
From A Diplomatic Woman by Huan Mee
Without it, he had far better be a coach-builder than a reviewer of books.
From The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd
One of the very earliest inventors of a life-boat was Mr. Lionel Lukin, a coach-builder of Long Acre, who turned his attention to the subject in 1784, from purely benevolent motives.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper
It was offered for sale by John Lucas, a Boston coach-builder, and had doubtless been built by him.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
At seventeen he was apprenticed to a coach-builder in New York city.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
