hack chaise

noun

hack chaise

noun
1

Historical A hired open carriage, a form of taxi.

  • Two o’clock arrived, and with it a hack chaise: out of it stept, sure enough, a lady and gentleman.1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Keepsake 1833, One Peep was Enough, page 304:

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