fourgon

Example Sentences

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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 Lever, Charles James

In France they say "La p�le se moque du fourgon," the shovel makes game of the poker.

From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)

"Peste!" growled he, under his breath, "we 'd unpacked the whole fourgon."

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

Then came the fourgon with the rest of the retainers, the heavy baggage, and as much as it could carry of the mud and dust which the other vehicles left behind.

From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles

After that I was given a fourgon, a wagon in which to transport the loaves of bread.

From The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse by La Motte, Ellen Newbold