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clarence

nouncommon in dialogue

A kind of carriage popular in the 19th century; a four-wheeled horse-driven vehicle with a glass front and room for four passengers.

noun

  1. 1

    A kind of carriage popular in the 19th century; a four-wheeled horse-driven vehicle with a glass front and room for four passengers.

Etymology

Named after Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later to become William IV of the United Kingdom.

Forms

plural
clarences
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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