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▪ I. coachee1, coachy
[f. coach n. In 2 and 3 with a quasi-dimin. suffix.]
†1. cochee. An early non-naturalized form of coach q.v. Obs.
2. coachee |kəʊˈtʃiː| U.S. A long, lightweight horse-carriage. Obs. exc. Hist.
1790Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia) 9 Oct. 3/1 They have for Hire..A Coach, Coachee, and several Chaises, all in good order. 1801C. B. Brown in W. Dunlap Mem. 167 To hire a coachee to take us to Middletown. 1809Kendall Trav. I. xii. 134 Two coaches, two phaetons, ten coachees, and three other four-wheeled carriages. 1819Rees' Cycl. s.v. Philadelphia, The coachee is a carriage thought to be peculiar to America. 1832Act Penn. in U.S. Stat. (1850) IV. 554 [Toll] for every chariot, coach, coachee, stage, wagon,..with two horses and four wheels, twelve cents. 1948J. D. Rittenhouse Amer. Horse-Drawn Vehicles 37 Coachee. This example..had C-springs made of hickory.
3. coachee, coachy |ˈkəʊtʃɪ|. A coachman. colloq. [Cf. cabby, bargee; but also Magyar kocsi, Boh. kočí, dial. Ger. kutsche, in this sense.]
1790Southey Lett. (1856) I. 1 The name of Tom Lamb made the coachee my friend. c1817Hogg Tales & Sk. III. 296 Laughed at poor coachy's predicament. 1864Social Sci. Rev. 34 Coachy having lighted his large German pipe. 1873T. Cooper Paradise Martyrs (1877) 413 The dash Down hill and up, o' the mail..to coachee's chirrup.
▪ II. coachee2 nonce-wd.|kəʊˈtʃiː|
[f. coach v. + -ee1.]
One who is ‘coached’ (see coach v. 3).
1866Lond. Rev. 18 Aug. 180/1 The coach and the coachee can..soothe their consciences by the reflection. |