A wagonette (''little wagon'') is a small horse-drawn vehicle with

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, which has two benches along the right and left side of the platform, people facing each other.Modern day wagonettes
/ref> The driver sits on a separate, front-facing bench. A wagonette may be open or have a tilt. A large horse-drawn enclosed vehicle with spring-suspension, a similar arrangement of the seats and obligatory

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is called a

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. The 1914 book ''Motor Body-building in All Its Branches'' by Christopher William Terry, defined a shooting-brake as a wagonette provided with game and gun racks and accommodation for ammunition.

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