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stanhope
/ˈstæ.nəp/
noun
What it means
- A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.
Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.
1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital
In a sentence
Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.
1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital
Where it comes from
From Stanhope (“a surname”). Named after Captain Hon. Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, for whom it was first built.
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