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Which French word means ‘jump like a goat’?

Did you know that the word ‘cab’ originates from the French word ‘cabrioler’, which means ‘ jump like a goat’?

Back to 1760-70 the first carriages for public hire bounced up and down so much, that they reminded people of goats jumping on a hillside!

 

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