hackney coach

noun

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Recent Examples of hackney coach The diffuse forms of the Berlin Cathedral, Brandenburg Gate, and Leipziger Platz are still unmistakable against a foreground of pedestrians in modern dress, hackney coaches, and other symbols of the Industrial Revolution. — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hackney coach
  1. coach
  2. droshky
  3. cab
  4. roadster
  5. chariot
  6. diligence
  7. stagecoach
  8. troika
Noun
  • Gill, 28, played for the Panthers during head coach Dave Canales’ debut campaign in 2024.
    — Mike Kaye July 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
  • Seattle coach Laura Harvey became the first coach in NWSL history to reach 100 wins with the same club.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026
Definition of coach
Noun
  • Wandering inside, the boy discovers a luxurious apartment, furnished with tapestries and mirrors; outside, a droshky driver invites him for a ride and then abruptly jumps out, leaving him the reins.
    — Ruth Franklin, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
Definition of droshky
Noun
  • Journals and bottles of wine and sweaters and books, an extra bathing suit, a pair of shorts, left behind in taxi cabs and at friends’ places and in a small storage space on an island.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • Eventually, like Odysseus, most people started to find their way home, hailing cabs and heading to the subway.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of cab
Noun
  • Suzuki is set to revive its cult-classic Cappuccino mini roadster, nearly 30 years after its original run.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • The boundary-pushing roadster will be the last series-production vehicle to leave the marque’s Molsheim atelier with a W-16 in the engine bay.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
Definition of roadster
Noun
  • Its own president has likened the shift to humanoid robots to a giant chariot that cannot be avoided.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Never mind that he was ejected from the chariot along the way; Nero was declared the winner.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of chariot
Noun
  • This analysis requires different data and different instincts than a standard services diligence process.
    — Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Positive qualities—promptness, diligence, cheerfulness—sped up your ascent through the ranks; negative ones—laziness, dissipation, late mornings—slowed it down.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Definition of diligence
Noun
  • The route was once a path for stagecoaches and mail coaches known as the Great North Road, but by 1983 it had been superseded by the faster M1 motorway.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
  • There was a stagecoach on blocks up at this steakhouse.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Definition of stagecoach
Noun
  • Warsh also inherits from Powell an informal decision-making arrangement known as the troika, an informal grouping of the Fed chair, the vice chair and the New York Fed president.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • So that’s a Celtics pitch that wouldn’t even involve Jaylen Brown (but would leave East teams to contend with a troika of Giannis, Jaylen and Jayson Tatum).
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
Definition of troika

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