Fiacre
[fi:'ɑ:krә]
Definition
(n.) A kind of French hackney coach.
Typist: Perry
Examples
- She affected to sneeze again, declared she was enrhumée, and then proceeded volubly to recount her courses en fiacre. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That lady--one fine day--actually came out in a fiacre as far as the ch?teau. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Let Meess (meaning me) take her, said Madame; et qu'on aille tout de suite chercher un fiacre. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In a _fiacre_ she promptly, but with admirable coolness and self-possession, departed to fetch a surgeon. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Gaining the Rue Fossette, reaching the pensionnat, all there was stillno fiacre had yet arrived with Madame and Désirée. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Well, she continued, I am going out, pour faire quelques courses en fiacre. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Between us we procured a fiacre and brought you here. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Perry