wagonette

American  

[wag-uh-net] / ˌwæg əˈnɛt /

noun

1. a light, four-wheeled carriage, with or without a top, having a crosswise seat in front and two lengthwise seats facing each other at the back.

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wagonette British  

/ ˌwæɡəˈnɛt /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle with two lengthwise seats facing each other behind a crosswise driver's seat

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Etymology

Origin of wagonette

First recorded in 1855–60; wagon + -ette

Example Sentences

Louis had not had more than five minutes with his fianc�e before M. Beaujour drove up with the wagonette and pair.

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It ran from the shore to Pritchard's Corner, was prolonged past that to the new station, and was the main thoroughfare for landaus and wagonettes off to the mountains.

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She scrambled out of the wagonette at the door with a face from which the eagerness of hope had gone, to be replaced by a burning, baleful rage.

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They arrived at their tent to find a wagonette Pearl had hired in the port, and all the other girls who had been at the Spoondrift bungalow had come visiting.

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Of course, there is no excuse for the closing of Willow Dene, but driving out in wagonettes on Sunday doesn't quite appeal to me.

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