Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small hackney carriage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small four-wheeled carriage for hire; a hackney-coach.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of French hackney coach.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
carriage for hire.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He called a fiacre, took in his hand a leather bag which, the servant said, was just large enough to hold a few shirts and a coat, but that it was enormously heavy, as he could testify, for he held it in his hand, while his master took out his purse to count thirty-six Napoleons, for which the servant was to account when he should return.
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We called a fiacre -- paid for monsieur Jocko, and drove to Vincent's apartments; there we found, however, that his valet had gone out and taken the key.
Pelham — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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We called a fiacre -- paid for monsieur Jocko, and drove to Vincent's apartments; there we found, however, that his valet had gone out and taken the key.
Pelham — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Lord Berrybender, much excited to be loose amid the game again, had converted their old cart into a kind of fiacre; he raced ahead with Senor Yanez and Signor Claricia, provided with some new guns he had purchased from William Ashley, eager to shoot whatever beasts presented themselves.
The Berrybender Narratives Larry McMurtry 2004
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And the 'fiacre' was ordered to go as fast as possible to the Rue
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She was going out one evening with the Duchesse de Lupnes, lady of the palace, when her carriage broke down at the entrance into Paris; she was obliged to alight; the Duchess led her into a shop, while a footman called a 'fiacre'.
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Take a 'fiacre' on the street, and go to your friends.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874
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Before the "fiacre" stops, Jules has an idea of the situation.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874
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And the 'fiacre' was ordered to go as fast as possible to the Rue
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Fiacre driver [A "fiacre" is a small horse-drawn cab.] (Small pendant sign below this empty slot says "in use".)
reesetee commented on the word fiacre
A carriage named after St. Fiacre, the patron saint of cab drivers. The connection derives, according to this site, from the fact that the Hotel de Saint Fiacre in Paris rented carriages, and those who didn't know what they were referred to them as "Fiacre cabs."
October 22, 2008
qms commented on the word fiacre
Known of old as Saint Fiacre’s disease
(That’s not a distinction likely to please),
If you are annoyed
By a hemorrhoid
A prayer to him should give you ease.
March 20, 2014