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clarence
1[ klar-uhns ]
noun
- a closed, four-wheeled carriage, usually with a glass front, with seats inside for four persons.
Clarence
2[ klar-uhns ]
noun
- a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear one.”
clarence
/ ˈæəԲ /
noun
- a closed four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, having a glass front
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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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