horseless carriage

collocation in English

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carriage
noun
uk
/ˈkær.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈker.ɪdʒ/
a vehicle with four wheels that is usually pulled by horses and was used mainly in ...
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(Definition ofcarriagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Today'shorselesscarriage, however, is considered quite safe, relatively reliable, comparatively clean and almost cheap.
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He is credited as the first to coin this name that would replacehorselesscarriage.
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When she reaches the house, she is amazed by theirhorselesscarriage.
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He also had the design and the body ofhorselesscarriagedone there.
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The trolleys, along with the newhorselesscarriage, transformed the country farmers into suburban commuters.
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At one time it was called ahorselesscarriageas this was the only way to define its essential quality.
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Agnelli heard about the invention of the (then) newhorselesscarriageand immediately saw an opportunity for using his engineering and entrepreneurial skills.
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The patent covered the basics of constructing ahorselesscarriageof a self-propelled automobile, however he had not actually built such a vehicle.
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The purpose of the meeting was to form a framework in the advancement of the newhorselesscarriagefor the designers and experimenters.
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We must not go for thehorselesscarriage, that is, adapting the old horse carriage by taking the horse out of the shafts and merely replacing it with an engine.
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In 1895, he was talking about his ideas for a practicalhorselesscarriageand, in 1897, the firm had an engineer working on a motor vehicle.
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Testing prototype cars on a circuit is nothing new, obviously: it's probably been going on since someone drove ahorselesscarriageonto a disused donkey derby track.
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At the turn of the century automobile travel was difficult as the road systems around the world were generally not well suited for thehorselesscarriage.
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He decided after extensive work on this automobile that the idea of ahorselesscarriagewas way off into the future and was discouraged to continue.
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One time when he was testing hishorselesscarriageat night in a secret run he drove his vehicle into a tree stump and ran into a hitching post.
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