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Subject: "wagons"
From: Brian <k7bluebird@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:19:04 -0700 (PDT)
The term Estate car was used to designate a car used on an estate, for 
transporting passengers, goods and things that would not fit into the saloon 
car. 

This brings up another term, for the English elite - the Shooting Brake this 
was a very large Estate car with a fully fitted rear cargo area, complete with 
picnic basket holders, bottle holders, basket tie downs and other essentials. 
These were primarily used for the country outings on large estates expressly 
for the purpose of the 'break' between shooting sessions, where the country 
squire would entertain his shooting partners with an informal 'picnic' - 
(defined as drinking binge!) 

Ah, the English aristocracy - so colorful in what they bring to the English 
language 

 



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