curricle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of curricle
1675–85; < Latin curriculum; see curriculum
Example Sentences
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"There will be room enough in the curricle."
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
Mr. Knightly rides from Brunswick Square to Hartfield, by a road that Miss Austen herself must have travelled in the curricle with her brother, driving to London on a summer's day.
From A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Ritchie, Anne Thackeray
There were several torches about the painted gate in the wall and the light shone on a group alighting from a curricle.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
My memory notes this well; because I recollected, when I saw it, that there was in the stable a horse fit to run in the curricle with this one.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
Sir Kennington behaved admirably, and himself brought him home in his curricle.
From The Fixed Period by Trollope, Anthony
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