calash

noun

Definition of calashnext
as in hansom cab

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  1. coach
  2. cab
  3. gig
  4. coupe
  5. buggy
  6. diligence
Noun
  • The fact that there’s any disappointment around Iowa State is a testament to Matt Campbell, already the winningest coach in program history.
    The Athletic College Football, The Athletic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Since the arrival of head coach Jim Harbaugh, the Bolts transformed into a run-heavy team.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of coach
Noun
  • Now, in a somewhat disorienting narrative reversal, Tarlow has come to Manhattan, just as twenty-five years ago those breathless Manhattanites spilled out of their yellow cabs into the wilds of Williamsburg.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The second movie about the zany adventures of Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) finds its eccentric cab driver in a fresh holiday predicament: Santa Claus is in his back seat, mired in an existential crisis, having lost his joy for the season.
    Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of cab
Noun
  • Cotton reached out to Trump's incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles to warn against Fox Kennedy as a pick for the CIA gig.
    Stef W. Kight, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
  • While winning the reality competition show didn't change his life entirely, Goodall has booked performances at an Indiana Pacers game, the Indianapolis Circle of Lights ceremony and a late-December gig with comedian and AGT judge Howie Mandel in California.
    Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of gig
Noun
  • Gefen’s favorite is his 1972 Saab Sonett, a coupe the color of a tangerine and whose motor roars—half ferociously, half pathetically—like a dying lion.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
  • It was originally engineered as a rear-wheel drive (RWD) coupe that was relatively inexpensive, lightweight, and moderately powered.
    Michael Harley, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of coupe
Noun
  • A little model with the buggy's suspension is another of the treasures that neatly pack the museum top to bottom.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Violating any of these guidelines cancels your buggy ride for the day – and will earn the wrath of your travel mates.
    Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of buggy
Noun
  • There are some people for whom delaying urinating can be more dangerous than usual, necessitating more diligence.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Standing out in one of these areas will surely be a yellow flag in the diligence process and could lead to investors looking elsewhere.
    Cody Slach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of diligence
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