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carriage trade definition

☆ carriage trade

the wealthy patrons, as of a theater or store, who formerly arrived in private carriages

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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