Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun People who keep their carriages; persons wealthy enough to pay visits, etc., in their own carriages.
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Examples
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Hence it quite naturally happened that in the side alley where the carriage-company walk in fine dry weather, he was on the spot one day when Esther met Madame du Val – Noble.
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She was taken about to parties also, and to the opera -- and very often there were parties at the old lady's house -- carriage-company, and gentleman in furred coats, who came in hansom cabs.
Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Maurice Hewlett 1892
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Hence it quite naturally happened that in the side alley where the carriage-company walk in fine dry weather, he was on the spot one day when Esther met Madame du Val-Noble.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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