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horse and carriage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
horse and -car-riage
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A light, simple, two-person carriage of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two horses.

British usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

horses and carriages (plural)

Synonyms

horse and buggy

Questions

What does horse and carriage mean?
A light, simple, two-person carriage of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two horses.

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