horseless carriage
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horseless carriage
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Early term for an automobile, at the time it was common that carriages were pulled by animals, typically horses, but the automobiles were not.
noun horseless carriages
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An early automobile, of the types designed before World War I.
The movement for the introduction of horseless carriages is represented by two periodicals, the Horseless Age and the Motocycle, in the United States; the Autocar, in London; and La Locomotion Automobile and La France Automobile, in France.
Similar: Brass Era car
- Something new and unprecedented interpreted in older and familiar terms. horseless carriage thinking
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noun early automobile
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Talk about this word "horseless carriage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. horseless carriage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/horseless%20carriage "horseless carriage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/horseless%20carriage.Cite this
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