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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These good people visit us, in all sorts of ways; some on donkeys, some in cabriolets, some in fiacres, and by far the larger portion on foot.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
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 Sara Jeannette Duncan
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
Eleven o'clock had just struck as two fiacres drew up before the outer gate; from the first of which descended Madame Georges, Germain, and Rigolette, and from the second Louise Morel and her mother.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Eugène Sue
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
