horsecar
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhɔrsˌkɑr/
- Archaic
- The curve of the horsecar on its tracks, the curve in the team of horses tamely standing in the white, powdery winter air!
Examples
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"To a right-minded man," Henry James Sr. is reported to have said, "a crowded Cambridge horsecar is the nearest approach to heaven on earth."
Academic text (2007) -
Streetcars were replaced by horsecars, and everyone's clothes changed.
Fiction book (1998) -
Boys, you grab a horsecar, cab, anything.
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In The Terminal, a horsecar at the end of the route is being turned around for the trip back.
Academic text (1998) -
The horsecar has HARLEM written in big letters up front.
Academic text (1998) -
She'd go to a tea or a whist party or something and just walk away in the middle, straight to the horsecar and on to the depot.
Fiction book (1991) -
They were immediately recognized by their agent's representative, who took them by horsecar through the city to the office: "It was like some kind of paradise."
Academic text (1993) -
In the 19th century, a horsecar provided transportation for passengers along the busy streets of New York City.
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Locals often reminisced about their daily rides on the horsecar before electric trolleys took over the transit system.
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Tourists in the historic district can still see a replica of the horsecar used for public transport in the early days.
Synonyms
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1.6
A machine like a car or bus that carries people and goods
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5.7
A vehicle on tracks that carries passengers or goods
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3.0
A vehicle that runs on tracks in city streets and carries people
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1.3
A vehicle like a small train that runs on tracks in a city or mine
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2.5
A rail vehicle that uses electricity to carry people in a city
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2.5
A vehicle on railway tracks that carries people or goods
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3.7
A vehicle that runs on railway tracks to carry people or goods
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3.8
A vehicle that runs on tracks in city streets using electricity
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2.3
A vehicle that runs on tracks and carries people or goods
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3.4
An electric car that runs on city tracks to carry people
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3.8
A vehicle with wheels pulled by horses that carries people or goods
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Horsecar comes from the parts horse and car, so it literally means a 'car' pulled by a 'horse'. That's why the word names the old street vehicle on rails that carried people before electric trams.