fourgon
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"Be good enough, Monsieur Gregoire, to have my trunks taken down; there are two in the fourgon, and a cap-case on the large carriage."
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
Now the Brigade state fourgon with a span of four mules was a big enterprise, and if treated gently might have ministered to the comfort of the staff for many months.
From On the Heels of De Wet by Lionel James
"I'll soon scatter them, anyway," says R———; and he reaches for a pair of binoculars hanging up in the fourgon.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
It was while observing this incident, that an orderly delivered into his hands some maps and papers that had just been captured from the fourgon of a staff-officer.
From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Charles James Lever
On the afternoon of May 18th, R———makes a start with the fourgon.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
This will give you a vague idea of the amount of baggage which had to be transported in the fourgons.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
The details of litter-bearers were all out there, whose duty it was to pick up the wounded under fire, and with them were the ambulance wagons and fourgons of the medical train.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
It is crowded with your fourgons and your ambulances.
From The Adventures of Gerard by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Does my lord carry bravos for couriers, and stilettos in the fourgons?
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
