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brougham
/ˈbɹuːəm/
noun 2name 1
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2ADJ.
little, nice
BROUGHAM + NOUN
victoria
Definitions
noun
1
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with an open seat for the driver in front of a closed cabin for two or four passengers, designed in 1839.
“Yes,” he continued, glancing out of the window. “A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties.”
It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
2
An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.
name
1
A surname.
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“Yes,” he continued, glancing out of the window. “A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties.”
Wiktionary02
It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, fro
Wiktionary03
The shooting motor cars, more like spiders in the moon than terrestrial objects, the thundering drays, the jingling hansoms, and little black broughams, made her think of the world she lived in.
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