HORSELESS CARRIAGE

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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