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surrey1|ˈsʌrɪ|
An American four-wheeled two-seated pleasure carriage, the seats being of similar design and facing forwards; also, a motor-carriage of similar structure.
Originally applied to an adaptation of the Surrey cart (an English pleasure cart with an open spindle seat first built in the county of Surrey) introduced into the U.S.A. by J. B. Brewster & Co. of New York in 1872. (The Hub March 1882.)
1896Howells Idyls in Drab 34 Hacks and barouches, and light, wood-coloured surreys and phaetons. 1896Cosmopolitan XX. 420/1 The Hill locomotor... In design the vehicle is a canopy-top surrey with two seats. |