Stanhope
[stænhәup]
Definition
(noun.) a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat.
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Definition
(n.) A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.
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Definition
n. a light open one-seated carriage without a top formerly with two wheels now usually with four.
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Examples
- What is Lord Molyneux doing with Mrs. Fitzroy Stanhope? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Two of these friends, the Duke of Bridgewater and the Earl of Stanhope, were scientists of repute. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I wanted to have another look at Leicester Stanhope, which I at last contrived to accomplish slyly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His old friend, Lord Stanhope, urged that suitable offers be made him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The vehicle was not exactly a gig, neither was it a stanhope. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I believe I am addressing a Mr. Stanhope? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The author remembers to have seen the _Globe_ newspaper printed by an old wooden press in 1820; and, about the same time, the London _Courier_, by a Stanhope press. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- One day in the ring, Rawdon's stanhope came in sight; Rebecca was seated by him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Leicester Stanhope wants me to go to Drury Lane to-night, and has taken a private box for me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Who would not cut the very best swaggering Stanhope for a Molyneux? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Earl Stanhope had endeavoured in vain to construct inking rollers, for which purpose he tried skins and pelts of various kinds, but the seam proved an obstacle that he could not overcome. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- When the carriages met again, he stood up in his stanhope; he raised his hand ready to doff his hat; he looked with all his eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I felt convinced, from that certain _air de famille_, that he must be a Stanhope, although I had never seen him before. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then Earl Stanhope in England invented a press entirely of iron, and the power consisted of the combination of a toggle joint and lever. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1798 the Earl of Stanhope had a cast-iron frame made to replace the wooden one and added levers to give more power to the pressman. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The fact is, answered I, laughing, it required more wit than all the wit of all the Stanhopes to find them out. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He is ugly, methinks, and yet I prefer him to any of the handsome Stanhopes, for there is something of better feeling and more expression in his eyes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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