| 单词 | coach and pair |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoach and pair b. coach and pair: a coach (sense A. 1a) drawn by a pair of horses. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1655 Rules, Direct. & By-laws made by Court of Aldermen City of London, for Regulation Hackney Coachmen 13 Every person..shall..pay unto the Treasurer..forty shillings for every Hackney Coach and pair of horses that he..shall be so admitted to keep.] 1726 E. Carter Artificer's Looking-glass 43 The Coach and Pair, which her Imagination had suggest to draw her thither. 1853 Leisure Hour 1 Sept. 564/2 With [the cab and the omnibus].., [the London public] are better served in the article of locomotion than they would be if every man of them kept his coach and pair. 1975 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 16/4 Sir John..drove to Olympia at the reins of a coach and pair. 2007 Church Times 7 Sept. 14/3 Dean Church's wife, in the 19th century, caused a minor scandal by driving out with a coach and pair instead of the accustomed four. < as lemmas |
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