fiacre
Americannoun
plural
fiacresnoun
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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Charlotte de Corday arrived in Paris, bought a kitchen knife for 40 sous, took a fiacre to Marat's residence where she was refused admittance.
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
Says one minister: "We're going to take Paris out of the age of the fiacre."
From Time Magazine Archive
He has also moonlighted as a fiacre driver in Central Park and a boxer in Atlantic City, New Jersey, although his real ambition is someday to be a cop or fireman.
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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