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fiacre [fɪˈɑːkrə] n (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a small four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, usually with a folding roof [named after the Hotel de St Fiacre, Paris, where these vehicles were first hired out] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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{Picardie = province of France, north of Evreux; barrieres = gates at the edge of Paris, where local customs duties were collected; magazin = shop; fiacre = a kind of carriage; Douane = customs house; confidential commissionaire = special messenger} That implacable brute Allegre followed them down ceremoniously and put my mother into the fiacre at the door with the greatest deference. Finally, one day, an old fiacre stopped in front of the door and a nun stepped out. |
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