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randem, adv., n. (and a.)|ˈrændəm|
Also randem-tandem, random.
[Prob. based on random, on the analogy of tandem.]
a. adv. Applied to a style of driving in which three horses are harnessed tandem.
b. n. A carriage or team driven in this fashion.
c. attrib. or as adj.
c1805M. Edgeworth Wks. (Rtldg.) I. 185 To..go down..to Marryborough, in his dog-cart, randem-tandem. 1818T. L. Peacock Nightmare Abbey i, His fellow-students..who drove tandem and random in great perfection. 1870J. Payn Like Father, like Son iv, The Squire's jovial friends used, for the most part, strange conveyances, such as tandems and randems. 1883Illustr. Sport. & Dram. News 10 Feb. 542/2 ‘A randem team’. That randems should be uncommon is natural enough. |