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A.Word.A.Day--brougham

noun:
1. A closed four-wheeled carriage with an open driver's seat in front.
2. An automobile with an open driver's seat.
3. An electrically powered automobile resembling a coupe.

[After Henry Peter Brougham, First Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), Scottish-born jurist.]

(The most silent letters in a row.)

"'As long as one of you will play it matters not which. But we do not want a walkover so let us take the brougham,' sighed Mr Bennet." Dearer Miss Nomer; The Independent; Dec 30, 1996.

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