wagonette

[ wag-uh-net ]

noun

1. a light, four-wheeled carriage, with or without a top, having a crosswise seat in front and two lengthwise seats facing each other at the back.

wagonette

/ ˌwæɡəˈnɛt /

noun

1. a light four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle with two lengthwise seats facing each other behind a crosswise driver's seat

Word History and Origins

Origin of wagonette¹

First recorded in 1855–60; wagon + -ette

Example Sentences

Louis had not had more than five minutes with his fianc�e before M. Beaujour drove up with the wagonette and pair.

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"I only mean there'll be brakes and wagonettes all over the place now, and anybody might come to the lake.—I say, you didn't think I meant to chuck you out, did you?"

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She scrambled out of the wagonette at the door with a face from which the eagerness of hope had gone, to be replaced by a burning, baleful rage.

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Pearl Harrod and the girls at Spoondrift Bungalow came with a wagonette and took her driving.

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Of course, there is no excuse for the closing of Willow Dene, but driving out in wagonettes on Sunday doesn't quite appeal to me.

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