landaulet
Americannoun
noun
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a small landau
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an early type of car with a folding hood over the passenger seats and an open driver's seat
Etymology
Origin of landaulet
Example Sentences
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That's the way he springs on Aunt Zenobia an imported landaulet, this year's model, all complete even to monogrammed laprobes and a morocco vanity case in the tonneau.
From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster
Her eyes fell on the advertisement which showed her the advantages of hiring a petrol landaulet by the day in London.
From The New Gulliver and Other Stories by Pain, Barry
It was a landaulet and the hood was lowered.
From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Dawson, Coningsby
There at the door was Miss Grahame's open landaulet, and there were she and Gwen in it, just starting to see the former's little boy.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
She had opened her landaulet in cold weather, and shut it, even to the glasses, in a scorching sun; but the Duke was insensible to heat and cold.
From Marriage by Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone
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