hack chaise

noun

A hired open carriage, a form of taxi.

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Meanings

nounhack chaise (plural hack chaises)

plural hack chaises

  1. historicalA 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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