horseless carriage

[ hawrs-lis ]

/ ˈhɔrs lɪs /

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noun

an automobile: The horse and buggy were eventually replaced by the horseless carriage.

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Origin of horseless carriage

First recorded in 1890–95

That’s a great goal for a company that once helped pull the plug on the “electric horseless carriage” but today is leading the charge with its own cutting-edge EVs.
One lean, mean green machine|Joe Phillips|October 16, 2021|Washington Blade
This tony horseless carriage has a $342,000 base price that quickly skyrockets with natty options.
A car fit for a queen|Joe Phillips|September 17, 2021|Washington Blade
Going hands-free is just one of the perks of a place where the only form of transportation is by carriage, bike, or tractor.
The Crazy Medieval Island of Sark|Liza Foreman|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or a horse and carriage, like the one driven a young man in a tweed suit and cap from yesteryear, as he gazed up at the stars.
The Crazy Medieval Island of Sark|Liza Foreman|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Mandelbaum responded by punching Frank in the nose and knocking him from the carriage.
Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss|J. North Conway|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meet Roger, the horse saved from slaughter by a carriage driver.
The Best of the Beast, April 21-April 27||April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He made his views on the carriage controversy known in a letter to a City Council member back in 2009.
Central Park’s Carriages Saved This Horse|Michael Daly|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He replied that he had no objections, provided she did not encumber the carriage with bandboxes, which were his utter abhorrence.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
A gentleman got out of a carriage before it stopped, and fell between the rail and the platform.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
"She did not think so:" why should she have taken the trouble to look out of the carriage window at me as she said these words?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
"God bless 'ee, Missy," cried the old man in the shrill cracked voice of age, as he pressed up to the carriage window.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Liszt and his titled friends travelled in a first class carriage by themselves.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay