jaunting car

American  

noun

1. a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.

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jaunting car British  

noun

1. a light two-wheeled one-horse car, formerly widely used in Ireland

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Etymology

Origin of jaunting car

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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jaunting car

And while he brandished it, they drew him about the campus in an Irish "jaunting car."

From Time Magazine Archive

Tibby Hey rig a jig in a jaunting car.

From The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties by Terry, Richard Runciman

Once when driving with him on a jaunting car in Dublin, he asked me, did I know so-and-so, and I answered promptly in Mr. Winkle’s words, “I don’t know him, but I have seen him.”

From Pickwickian Manners and Customs by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

She was not fond of driving over the dangerous roads, and for a jaunting car she had a special dislike.

From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Reed, Helen Leah

And I'll keep her a jaunting car to ride about the country; and in another year, as my fortune's rising, my wife should rise with it into a coach of her own.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 08 by Edgeworth, Maria