prairie schooner
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The most common wagon was the prairie schooner.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
With fresh paint, new lumber and much of America out on the open road in the modern prairie schooner, the motor home, Tombstone was back in business, a going concern.
From Time Magazine Archive
For about $800, a family of four rides a prairie schooner driven by a hired hand, with stops along the trail to investigate the Smoky Hill River or the surrounding hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it arrived, it turned out to be a steam engine instead of a prairie schooner and not such an irresistable choo-choo at that.
From Time Magazine Archive
My chum inquired the contents of my prairie schooner, and I replied that I did not know, but would investigate.
From Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events by Patterson, H. DeF.
