tilbury

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Let no one imagine that a patache bears that relation to a cabriolet which a dennet does to a tilbury; for ours, at least, would in England have been called a very sorry higgler's cart.

From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John

Remarks followed the tilbury in the vacuum of air made by its rapid course.

From Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field by Bazin, Ren?

This tilbury was a relic of former prosperity, and as well known in all the country side as were the round head, white hair, and clear eyes of Toussaint Lumineau himself.

From Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field by Bazin, Ren?

Earlscourt was excessively distant to me after seeing my tilbury at her door; no doubt he thought it strange for me to have continued my intimacy with a woman who had wronged him so bitterly.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

There 's not a tilbury, nor a tiger, nor a genteel tea-party in the town.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James