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four-in-hand
noun 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
gray
VERB + FOUR-IN-HAND
know
FOUR-IN-HAND + NOUN
knot
PREP.
between
ADV.
also
Definitions
noun
1
A carriage drawn by four horses controlled by one driver.
‘I must see him!’ he exclaimed; but at that moment the Duke of Berwick's four-in-hand came between, and when it had left the space clear, the carriage had swept out of the Park.
Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
2
A slip knot with one end hanging in front of the other; a simple necktie.
He wore a black frock coat and light trousers, his cravat a gray four-in-hand.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver
- coach
- coach-and-four
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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‘I must see him!’ he exclaimed; but at that moment the Duke of Berwick's four-in-hand came between, and when it had left the space clear, the carriage had swept out of the Park.
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Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I de
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He wore a black frock coat and light trousers, his cravat a gray four-in-hand.
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Did you know the four-in-hand knot is also known as the schoolboy knot?
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