curricle

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Recent Examples of curricle Such vehicles were nothing new: Chariots came from the Romans, the curricle chair applied to royalty, and the French post chaise became the one-horse shay. Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curricle
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • Researchers discovered the chariot tire, along with a trove of other artifacts, while preparing for the construction of a new golf course near Inverness.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025
  • Ahead of construction on a new golf course in the Scottish Highlands, archeologists uncovered an extremely rare find: a prehistoric chariot wheel buried inside a ceremonial circle.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • Bullard explains the inspiration for the cabana’s teal and white walls, which complement the Harbour pool chaises.
    Erin Clements, People.com, 2 June 2025
  • Its jewel, however is the pool, complete with striped double chaises and an epic view of the coast down below.
    Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Fun fact: this property was a stop on the original stagecoach route to Yosemite in the 1870s.
    Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2025
  • But in one hamlet of about 2,800 residents in the northwest corner of the Sunflower State, once little more than a stop on a stagecoach route, there is no shame in running for president and losing.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 May 2022
  • The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017
Noun
  • Carpenter’s publicist tells her that earlier, her cab driver was asking who was playing the O2.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
  • Rioters set Waymo cabs ablaze in Los Angeles last night in the ongoing spasm of violence the last several days over federal immigration enforcement in the West Coast metropolis.
    The Editors, National Review, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • The combination is enough to push the merely 2,233-pound (dry weight) roadster from zero to 62 mph in just 4.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 149 mph.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
  • The Japanese manufacturer’s lineup includes the MX-5 Miata, the world’s best-selling roadster.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 18 May 2025

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“Curricle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curricle. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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