horse and buggy
Example Sentences
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To help ensure that, Davis wisely coordinated an 1888 horse-and-buggy version of a shuttle van for his guests to get up to the summit and navigate the sometimes-harrowing, winding road carved into the steep slope.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2022
But in Lowenstein’s account, Chase quickly came to understand that the horse-and-buggy treasury he had inherited was ill-equipped for the age of modern warfare.
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022
There are no streetlights in Nueva Gerona, no buildings taller than two stories, and almost the only traffic is horse-and-buggy.
From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018
They were a horse-and-buggy offense in a Ferrari-driven league.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2017
How much worse might they be in this horse-and-buggy era?
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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