fourgon

Example Sentences

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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 Lever, Charles James

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 Stevens, Thomas

"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 Lever, Charles James

After a short time we were benefited by the appearance of the cooks and scullions, who passed in a fourgon, that contained the remnants and the utensils.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore

Why add to your carpet-bag of troubles the contents of a lady's imperials and bonnet-boxes, and the travelling /fourgon/ required by the nursery?

From Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 01 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron