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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A post-chaise. Thackeray, English Humorists, Steele.

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Examples

  • Doctor Arundel, to inform him that Matilda would set out for Richmond on the following day, in her post-chariot, attended by Mrs. Grey, the housekeeper, and

    The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

  • Earlier than even the Assyrian stone must have been the model for the Egyptian wicker and wooden post-chariot.

    In and Around Berlin Minerva Brace Norton

  • Anne was told to look in the first carriage -- a post-chariot drawn by four horses -- for the King and Queen, and was rewarded by seeing a profile reminding her of the current coin of the realm; but as the party had been travelling all night, and the spectators here gathered were few, none of the royal family looked out of the carriage windows.

    The Trumpet-Major Thomas Hardy 1884

  • When their project was ripe, a day was fixed upon for the grand attempt; and Sendivogius was ready with a post-chariot to convey him with all speed into Poland.

    Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851

  • There was no hope; the green post-chariot was at the door, a feeble promise of a speedy return;

    Vivian Grey Benjamin Disraeli 1842

  • A plain, dark, travelling post-chariot was before the inn-door; and, roused perhaps by the noise below, a lady in the

    Ernest Maltravers — Volume 05 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Ah!" said Mr. Gawtrey, "the world nowadays has grown so ostentatious that one cannot travel advantageously without a post-chariot and four horses."

    Night and Morning, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • A plain, dark, travelling post-chariot was before the inn-door; and, roused perhaps by the noise below, a lady in the

    Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Ah!" said Mr. Gawtrey, "the world nowadays has grown so ostentatious that one cannot travel advantageously without a post-chariot and four horses."

    Night and Morning, Volume 3 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • On this simple hint, Fatout went to work, and the imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door, without the Honourable Mr

    Nightmare Abbey Thomas Love Peacock 1825

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