Concord coach
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Concord coach
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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This Concord coach is the famous Wild West stage, hauling mail and passengers over the plains and across deserts.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The drivers unhitched the mules from the Concord coach and put the harness up on the front boot of the coach.
From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by Ryus, William H.
With a harsh banging and rattling, a yellow Concord coach drew up at the gate where Miss Maria had stopped the hearse.
From The Lady of the Aroostook by Howells, William Dean
The primitive box stage gave way to the oval or football type with curved top and bottom, and this was displaced in turn by the more practical Concord coach of national fame.
From The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway by Hulbert, Archer Butler
"Not a Concord coach, and certainly not a hay-wagon, for they don't make hay up here in the mountains."
From Clover by Coolidge, Susan
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