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noun
A small horse-drawn carriage for hire; a hackney carriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Borrowed from French fiacre. From Hôtel de Saint Fiacre, a tavern in Paris operating a horse-carriage service from the 1640s, itself named after the Irish Saint Fiacre (c. 600–670 CE), perhaps from Irish fiach (“raven”).
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