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HORSELESS CARRIAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An early term for an automobile
Example:
when automobiles first replaced horse-drawn carriages they were called horseless carriages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("horseless carriage" is a kind of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
