coach-and-four
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coach-and-four
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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It is a social engineering outfit masquerading as a tech firm, and it appears to regard social responsibility as an outdated piece of apparatus, a wooden coach-and-four in an age of tarmac.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2017
Sometimes he hitches up a coach-and-four from his $1,000,000 collection of antique carriages, and rides over his acres, occasionally stopping to toot a brass-throated hunting horn to startle the deer.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We need a coach-and-four," groaned a U.S. player.
From Time Magazine Archive
A feudal Icrd scattering largess among the peasants as he rides through the village in a coach-and-four is a philanthropist.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'm not riding in my coach-and-four yet, as you see, Crump, but the time may come."
From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various
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