| Word | tumbrel |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. A two-wheeled horse-cart that tips backward to empty its load; infamously used for carrying prisoners to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. |
| Sentence | If commoners’ living standards slip—not relative to the elites, but relative to what they had before—they accept the overtures of the counter-elites and start oiling the axles of their tumbrels. |
| Source | The Atlantic, Dec. 2020 |
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