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fiacre

American  
[fee-ah-ker, -ahk, fya-kruh] / fiˈɑ kər, -ˈɑk, ˈfya krə /

noun

plural

fiacres

  1. a small horse-drawn carriage.

fiacre British  
/ fɪˈɑːkrə /

noun

  1. a small four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, usually with a folding roof

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Etymology

Origin of fiacre

1690–1700; < French; after the Hotel de St. Fiacre in Paris, where such carriages were first for hire

Example Sentences

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Says one minister: "We're going to take Paris out of the age of the fiacre."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Emperor regularly nipped down to Katherina's house for coffee after early morning Mass. Delighted Viennese fiacre drivers called him "Herr Schratt."

From Time Magazine Archive

As he left the house two elegant young men rode up in a fiacre.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps the dreariest city in Europe was Paris, principal shrine of all tourism, where sidewalk cafes stood empty most of the time and even the six remaining fiacre drivers looked in vain for customers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally she sees the open fiacre and then “two merry faces.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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