coach-builder

Updated: August 8, 2026

But reaching it we were further puzzled to see the sign over the doorway of a "coach-builder"! However, we rang the bell, and presently a maid-servant appeared, who assured us that this was really the hotel, and that we could have "whatever we liked" for luncheon.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)