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Idiom

carriage trade

Meaning

Wealthy or upper-class people in general.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That store only sells expensive items for the carriage trade.”

“The new restaurant changed its menu to attract the carriage trade from the nearby luxury apartments.”

“By offering exclusive memberships and private viewings, the gallery successfully cultivated a loyal following among the local carriage trade.”

Examples

simple

“That store only sells expensive items for the carriage trade.”

contextual

“The new restaurant changed its menu to attract the carriage trade from the nearby luxury apartments.”

complex

“By offering exclusive memberships and private viewings, the gallery successfully cultivated a loyal following among the local carriage trade.”

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