Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for traveling, resembling a gig.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig.
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- noun dated A light, open, two-wheeled
carriage for onehorse ; a kind ofgig .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was a two-wheeled vehicle, which claimed none of the modern appellations of tilbury, tandem, dennet, or the like; but aspired only to the humble name of that almost forgotten accommodation, a whiskey; or, according to some authorities, a tim-whiskey.
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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Let no one imagine that a patache bears that relation to a cabriolet which a dennet does to a tilbury; for ours, at least, would in England have been called a very sorry higgler's cart.
Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 John Hughes
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Henry the fourth of France had but one coach between himself and his queen; whereas no respectable person can now dispense at the least with a travelling chariot, a barouche, a cab, and a dennet.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381, July 18, 1829 Various
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Mr. H-s-ly sports a bit of blood, a dennet, and a filly; and, for a tailor, is a superfine sort of dandy, but with a strong scent of the shop about him.
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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He is really one of the most fascinating men in polished society, and withal, the best judge of a horse at Tattersalls, of a dennet at Long Acre, or a segar in
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The latter gentleman, who may be seen frequently driving a dennet, and looking both sides of the road at once, is a chip of the old block: but as it is not our intention to visit the sins of the sou upon the father, we shall not enter into a minute examination of him.
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It was a two-wheeled vehicle, which claimed none of the modern appellations of tilbury, tandem, dennet, or the like; but aspired only to the humble name of that almost forgotten accommodation, a whiskey; or, according to some authorities, a tim-whiskey.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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Buddhism is not the same as other religions, and the Antiethiests such as dawkins and dennet admit this.
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… and i do not know who daniel dennet is (although i guess i could google it right now!) are you saying that trying to form arguments that God exists is a waste of time because knowledge of God is innate?
Zoomtard 2008
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"That reverend divine in the span new dennet and the Jolliffe shallow, who squares his elbows so knowingly, as he rubs on his bit of blood, is
sionnach commented on the word dennet
A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig.
October 22, 2008