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Besides the maskers, they stared at that procession — peculiar to Shrove Tuesday as to Longchamps, — of vehicles of every description, citadines, tapissieres, carioles, cabriolets marching in order, rigorously riveted to each other by the police regulations, and locked into rails, as it were.
Les Miserables 2008
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Besides the maskers, they stared at that procession -- peculiar to Shrove Tuesday as to Longchamps, -- of vehicles of every description, citadines, tapissieres, carioles, cabriolets marching in order, rigorously riveted to each other by the police regulations, and locked into rails, as it were.
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Besides the maskers, they stared at that procession -- peculiar to Shrove Tuesday as to Longchamps, -- of vehicles of every description, citadines, tapissieres, carioles, cabriolets marching in order, rigorously riveted to each other by the police regulations, and locked into rails, as it were.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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The horses, kept always by Alfred in the very best condition, trotted forward at a rapid rate, leaving scores of omnibuses, cabs, and citadines behind, and keeping pace with the splendid chariots of the
Rollo in Paris Jacob Abbott 1841
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