| 单词 | carriage and six |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarriage and six b. With reference to carriages drawn by larger teams of horses, as in carriage and four, carriage and six, etc. ΚΠ 1764 Westm. Jrnl. 25 Aug. When Money is become so plenteous that every petty Tradesman can afford to pay Fifty Pounds per Annum for a House, keep his Horse, his Chaise and Pair, his Carriage and Four, with proper Equipage. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 308 [They] would run to meet the butter-cart as if it were a carriage and four. 1903 W. J. Barry Glimpses Austral. Colonies iv. 11/1 He started a carriage and eight, in which he drove regularly in Hyde Park. 1997 A. Perry Whited Sepulchres v. 148 A carriage and four went by at a fast clip, horses' manes streaming, harness jingling loudly. < as lemmas |
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