fourgon
Americannoun
plural
fourgonsnoun
Etymology
Origin of fourgon
C19: from French: from Old French forgon poker, from furgier to search, ultimately from Latin fūr thief
Example Sentences
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After that I was given a fourgon, a wagon in which to transport the loaves of bread.
From The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse by La Motte, Ellen Newbold
It is much more easy to accuse one sex than to excuse the other; 'tis according to the saying, "Le fourgon se moque de la paele."
From The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 15 by Cotton, Charles
"Peste!" growled he, under his breath, "we 'd unpacked the whole fourgon."
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
Then came the fourgon with the rest of the retainers, the heavy baggage, and as much as it could carry of the mud and dust which the other vehicles left behind.
From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles
A hunting fourgon, drawn by two horses driven tandem, served as a funeral-car for a magnificent stag reposing upon a bed of green branches, with his enormous antlers adorned with long floating ribbons.
From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne
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