horseless carriage
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lɪs noun
an automobile: The horse and buggy were eventually replaced by the horseless carriage.
Origin:
1890–95
1890–95
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| horseless carriage | |
noun | |
| an early term for an automobile; "when automobiles first replaced horse-drawn carriages they were called horseless carriages" |
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Horseless carriage
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Example sentences
After the horseless carriage comes the driverless one.
There were, for example, a lot of complaints about the horseless carriage.
While cars of the future get a lot of ink, engineers keep improving the original horse for the horseless carriage.
The restored license plate may be used instead of a collector vehicle license plate or horseless carriage license plate.
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