hackney coach
AmericanEtymology
Origin of hackney coach
First recorded in 1615–25
Example Sentences
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“Oh! but their removing from the chaise into a hackney coach is such a presumption! And, besides, no traces of them were to be found on the Barnet road.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
In the midst of the multitude was a hackney coach, following the sledges, and in it was the gentle Fanny Lester, accompanied by a relative and a female friend.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
Very true, madam, and he's a little engaged; besides, madam—a hackney coach will do as well, madam.
From The Inconstant by Farquhar, George
We were tired, we were not fit to be seen, but I thought it right to accept Walter Scott's cordial invitation, sent for a hackney coach, and just as we were, without dressing, we went.
From A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Ritchie, Anne Thackeray
The driver whistled; the porter came out of his lodge and opened the gate first, and then the door of the hackney coach.
From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
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