berlin

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In the berlin was his mother, who offered me the welcome given to an expected friend.

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  1. noun Berlin wool.
  2. noun A four-wheeled closed carriage having an open, hooded seat behind.

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  • They did it for east berlin, they'll do it for us. —  Slashdot
  • The Count pretended to be very particular about this carriage,--a large coach, called a berlin. —  The Peasant and the Prince
  • The royal family shut up in their berlin--and seeing that no opposition was offered to their journey, was unacquainted with these sinister occurrences. —  History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution
  • But an ostler had flashed a lantern into the berlin, and for a second the light had fallen upon Wogan's face and open eyes. —  Clementina
  • The clocks were striking one as he hurried away from the palace, and before two the Princess Clementina was able to throw back her cloak from about her face and take the air; for the berlin was on the road from Trent to Roveredo Those were the four worst hours since we left Innspruck," she said. —  Clementina
 

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  1. After Berlin , Germany.

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  1. In first sense, = Spanish Portuguese Italian berlina = German berline, from French berline; from Berlin, the capital of Prussia.
 

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/ˈbərlɪn/
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