jaunting-car

jaunting car

noun
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.
Origin:
1795–1805

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jaunting car or jaunty car
 
—n
a light two-wheeled one-horse car, formerly widely used in Ireland
 
jaunty car or jaunty car
 
—n

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