tilbury

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He drove up in his tilbury, and said he was on his way to Plymouth.

From The Adventures of Harry Revel by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Jules Chicot, the innkeeper, who lived at Épreville, pulled up his tilbury in front of Mother Magloire's farmhouse.

From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories by Maupassant, Guy de

Let no one imagine that a patache bears that relation to a cabriolet which a dennet does to a tilbury; for ours, at least, would in England have been called a very sorry higgler's cart.

From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John

To enter London in his tilbury, beaver skin gloves.

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.

But at once he rejected the idea, angry with himself, and hastened his step towards Carioca square, there to take a tilbury.

From Brazilian Tales by Goldberg, Isaac