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25 horse related terms (carriages, anatomy, breeds, tack)
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curricle
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synonyms: runabout ???
tags: [equestrian]
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Definition:a young, wealthy man's sports car of olde. It was light and nimble, had two well-matched horses and could go very fast. Vroom...
painting: By John Cordrey (1745 - 1845) – https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22131856
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they saw a gentleman and a lady in a curricle driving up the street. Elizabeth immediately recognizing the livery,
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
--- merchants hurrying home from business, ecclesiastics in high-swung carriages, and young bloods dashing by in their curricles.
Edith Wharton. The Valley of Decision (1902)
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Barouches, landaus, victorias, curricles, and broughams were all carriages - they varied in their body shape, the number of horses that pulled them, the number of passengers they took, and the number of wheels they had, but they all embodied a certain social dignity.
Daniel Pool. What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew. (1993) p. 145
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river boating in secure wherry or light curricle with kedge anchor on reaches free from weirs and rapids (period of estivation),
James Joyce. Ulysses
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