Etymology
Origin of horsecar
Example Sentences
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An Irish horsecar driver’s daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2020
He conducted traffic at the corner of Broadway and Duane, where a horsecar line ran.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2012
In another incident, he took a horsecar driver to court for speeding.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2012
The horsecar swayed and rattled down Fifth Avenue.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has so far thrown himself out of relation with American life that he describes a Boston horsecar or a New York hotel table with a sort of amused wonder.
From Brief History of English and American Literature by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
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