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horse and buggy and horse and carriage; buggy whip Fig. a carriage pulled by a horse, as opposed to a modern automobile; the horse was urged on with a whip. (A symbol of old-fashionedness or out-of-dateness. Particularly with go out with, as in the examples.) That kind of clothing went out with the horse and buggy. I thought suspenders went out with the horse and carriage, but I see them everywhere now. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sometimes it seems as if in this 21st Century America, the practice of writing thank you notes has gone the way of buggy whips. Will it wither away, like the buggy whip, or transform itself into new, unimagined forms? Levitt used the buggy whip industry as an illustration of an industry with a death sentence that no amount of product improvement would have changed. |
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