horseless carriage

noun

: automobile
used especially of early models

Examples of horseless carriage in a Sentence

with the coming of the horseless carriage, distances between places were greatly reduced and the national landscape was transformed
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The company made royal coaches for monarchs in Europe and England, and had just begun building electric horseless carriages. Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 26 July 2024 Uriah Smith thought that sticking a horse head on the front of a horseless carriage would prevent horses from getting upset upon seeing one. Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023 Ferdinand Porsche first put them in a prototype horseless carriage in 1900. WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023 There’s no argument that today’s cars, trucks, and SUVs are built and engineered far better than at any point since the days of the horseless carriage. Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 26 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for horseless carriage 

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of horseless carriage was in 1895

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“Horseless carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseless%20carriage. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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