fiacres
- plural of fiacre.
Example Sentences
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To these must be added, cochers de fiacres in their glazed hats, bonnes in their high Norman caps, peasants, soldiers in their shakos, épiciers and garçons without number.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
They came in "fiacres," and climbed off very easily.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora
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 Cooper, James Fenimore
I have attempted to solve the difficulty by engaging by the week one of those archaic old horse chaises called fiacres.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher
The rooms were dotted with groups of people who had come in fiacres or by tramway, which made it difficult for the guide to impart his information only to those who had paid for it.
From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Duncan, Sara Jeannette
