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
Will one of you order me a chair or hackney coach?
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
On entering the hackney coach, he instantly smashed the windows with his elbows, and screamed out to the sentinels: “Guards of England, do your duty, and rescue your Sovereign.”
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
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
Even Governor Bradstreet in his day rode in a hackney coach.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse
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