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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

And the chaplain, he looked at it and found the maker’s name, which was that of Pharaoh’s coach-builder.

From For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War by Paget, Walter

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 Whymper, Frederick

Several elderly men in the quarter used to come, among them a retired coach-builder, one Croizeau.

From A Man of Business by Balzac, Honoré de

In 1828 his famous “Age” was put on the road, built for him by Aldebert, the foremost coach-builder of the period, and appointed in every way with unexampled luxury.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)