carriage trade
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“The Aviator and the Showman” is a lavish, layered narrative, a primer on early aviation and the transition of publishing from genteel carriage trade to an industry increasingly reliant on blockbusters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
Money is obligatorily hushed at a house like Hermès, as befits a label founded centuries ago to cater to the French carriage trade.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2018
He called the horse carriage trade a “humane industry that is well regulated by New York City’s Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and Consumer Affairs.”
From Time • Apr. 19, 2014
Tennie referred contemptuously to the hypocrisy of Madame Restell’s carriage trade.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2014
Honest, even when I was fittin' corsets for the carriage trade, I never got so close to such a spiffy bunch.
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell
