dos-à-dos

• They quarreled wonderfully and slept dos-à-dos. —  We Can't Have Everything
• The ordinary carriage is a _dos-à-dos_, a most uncomfortable conveyance like an Irish car turned end on, but excellent carriages are provided by the hotels. —  From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India
• It is a small two-wheeled carriage, in which the seats are placed back to back (hence the name, which is a corruption of dos-à-dos), and which is furnished with a square top to keep off the sun. —  A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore
• Batavia is a "dos-à-dos" literally so called, as the passenger sits with his back to the driver's, thus forming a mutual support. —  On the Equator
• 'Right hand across! forward two; balancez; ladies chain; forward four; dos-à-dos; chassez to the right; cross over; all round;' here, there, every where, and all over -- he was up to it all. —  The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6

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