horseless carriage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of horseless carriage
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Then Frederick decided they should get into the horseless carriage business themselves.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023
The kooky inventor of a horseless carriage rivals a banker’s son for a liveryman’s daughter.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2020
At the time, nobody worried that this new horseless carriage would dump carbon into the air.
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2018
We deal in streams rather than waves now, and "web surfing" has become one of those phrases that belongs to a bygone world, like "horseless carriage" or "album sleeve."
From The Verge • Feb. 13, 2016
The horseless carriage was just arriving in San Francisco, and its debut was turning into one of those colorfully unmitigated disasters that bring misery to everyone but historians.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
