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curricle

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cur·ri·cle  (kûr-kl)
n.
A light, open, two-wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses abreast.
[From Latin curriculum, course, racing chariot, from currere, to run; see current.]
curricle [ˈkʌrɪkəl]
n
a two-wheeled open carriage drawn by two horses side by side
[from Latin curriculum from currus chariot, from currere to run]
Translations
curricle
n → offener Zweispänner


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I have three unanswerable reasons for disliking Colonel Brandon; he threatened me with rain when I wanted it to be fine; he has found fault with the hanging of my curricle, and I cannot persuade him to buy my brown mare.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
They had been walking about the place with some of their new friends, and were just returning to the inn to dress themselves for dining with the same family, when the sound of a carriage drew them to a window, and they saw a gentleman and a lady in a curricle driving up the street.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
I much prefer the company of ploughboys and tin-peddlers to the silken and perfumed amity which celebrates its days of encounter by a frivolous display, by rides in a curricle and dinners at the best taverns.
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