fourgon

Example Sentences

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It was while observing this incident, that an orderly delivered into his hands some maps and papers that had just been captured from the fourgon of a staff-officer.

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James

My intention is to overtake the fourgon the following day at Shahriffabad.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

He brought with him a light cart to carry forage, and a fourgon for his own baggage.

From Reminiscences of Captain Gronow by Gronow, R. H. (Rees Howell)

A hunting fourgon, drawn by two horses driven tandem, served as a funeral-car for a magnificent stag reposing upon a bed of green branches, with his enormous antlers adorned with long floating ribbons.

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne

A heavy fourgon, loaded with military chests and boxes, seemed also to attract their attention, and call forth many a surmise as to its destination.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James