double harness
Americannoun
idioms
Etymology
Origin of double harness
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Won’t you just hitch up alongside of me and let us go down the long road together, driving in double harness?’
From Literature
From as far away as Newton, Ross Milton and Sam Gardiner were able to collect enough for a set of double harness and a wagon; one man brought over a plow; others brought in loads of grain and hay for summer feeding.
From Literature
In 1904 he published Double Harness, and in 1905 A Servant of the Public, two novels of modern society, containing somewhat cynical pictures of the condition of marriage.
From Project Gutenberg
Insatiably curious, he yet contrived to drive his chimeras in double harness and safely.
From Project Gutenberg
And there is one still living--chiefly on the fact--who once was last in a three-legged race in double harness with a Duke.
From Project Gutenberg
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