"Irish car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Irish cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Irish car (plural Irish cars)
  1. (now rare, historical) A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle in which passengers sit on a pair of benches. Tags: archaic, historical
    Sense id: en-Irish_car-en-noun-nrKPDGH2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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