curricle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of curricle
1675–85; < Latin curriculum; see curriculum
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And the ponies, and the curricle, and the vis-à-vis—what will become of them? and how shall I make my appearance at the Montem, or any ware else?
From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth
Dr. Harrison sent away his curricle and walked home,—slowly, with his hands behind him, as if the May air had made him lazy.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
Took Rigby's curricle and horses for the two hundred he owes me—glad to have done with him—he evidently wanted a row—and so play with him no more.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
Gone, together with the smart fellow driving the curricle, and all the other figures of that scene, into the forgotten.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
"With all my heart," replied Menyhert, glad to change the subject, and speculating on the handsome curricle and four which Uncle Gabor would give his daughter on her marriage.
From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Mór Jókai
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