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clarence

1

[ klar-uhns ]

noun

  1. a closed, four-wheeled carriage, usually with a glass front, with seats inside for four persons.


Clarence

2

[ klar-uhns ]

noun

  1. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear one.”

clarence

/ ˈæəԲ /

noun

  1. a closed four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, having a glass front
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of clarence1

1830–40; named after Duke of Clarence (1765–1837), later William IV
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of clarence1

C19: named after the Duke of Clarence (1765–1837)
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“Why, I never was in a carriage in all my life,” said Sweetie, as he lifted her into his beautiful clarence, and sat down beside her.

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It was a clarence, with dark subdued-looking panels, only ornamented by a vermilion crest.

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The emigrants started per coach, while our party drove up in a new clarence which I had brought from England.

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But Woolsey humbly said he was not a riding man, and gladly consented to take a place in the clarence carriage, provided he was allowed to bear half the expenses of the entertainment.

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The ladies gladly made room for him in the clarence.

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