fiacre
noun
a small horse-drawn carriage.
fiacres
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pluralof fiacre.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Nothing is more common than to see the drivers of cabriolets and fiacres reading in their seats; and I have even seen market-women, under their umbrellas, à la Robinson, with books in their hands.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
If there were any fiacres about I would call one, but they have quite disappeared.
From A Girl of the Commune by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
I see lots of officers and functionaries, in uniform, passing in fiacres and riding, and a general migration of the whole city including the beggars and flower girls of the Spanish Steps toward the Piazza.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Mary Alsop King Waddington
The street outside was crowded with fiacres and cabs.
From The Lighted Match by R. F. Schabelitz
Some are working at trades; some are playing at soldiers; some are keeping cabarets; some are driving fiacres.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various
