spider phaeton

British

noun

Sometimes shortened to: spider. (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels

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And presently the neatest spider phaeton that was owned by a Jonesville livery stable drew up before the house and Keg jumped out, telling a delicious chiffon vision to hold old Bucephalus until he got his topcoat.

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