tilbury

Example Sentences

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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

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

Tall bushes of laurel on either hand glinted back the lights of the tilbury, and presently around a sweep of the drive I saw a window shining.

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

You'll admit that this was reasonable when you've seen 'em, for I brought the suit along in the tail of the tilbury.

From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Here's a fine stud of horses, which, strange though it sounds, Live neither on corn nor on hay; A gentleman's carriage, and tilbury, too, For which we've no taxes to pay.

From The Wonders of a Toy Shop by Anonymous