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
I hurried away; threw myself into the first hackney coach I could find; and returned home, exhausted and dispirited.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
Then, having sent for a hackney coach and taken a very friendly farewell of his lordship, he was driven to the starting-place of the Manchester stage.
From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson
We would recommend every person who hires a hackney coach in London, to notice what number is on the door, which, on many occasions, has been found very useful.
From City Scenes or a peep into London by Darton, William
No, the Esperance was not known to the owner of the hackney coach.
From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.
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