landaulette
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of landau; see -ette.
Noun
[edit]landaulette (plural landaulettes)
- A small landau.
- A motor car with an open driver’s seat and an enclosed rear section with one cross-seat and a collapsible roof; sometimes used for weddings.
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed[1]:
- A weather-worn Vauxhall thirty landaulette was awaiting us, and bumped us for six or seven miles over by-paths and lanes which, in spite of their natural seclusion, were deeply rutted and showed every sign of heavy traffic.