fiacre

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

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From French fiacre. From Hotel Saint-Fiacre named after Irish saint Fiacre.

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fiacre (plural fiacres)

1. A small carriage for hire.
   • 1942: The boy who might have fetched us a fiacre was now doing something else, so we had to go back to the station, and there we found only one, which was falling to pieces. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 633)

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