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单词 gharry
释义

gharryn.

Brit. /ˈɡari/, /ˈɡʌri/, U.S. /ˈɡɛri/
Forms: Also gari, gharee, gharrie, g'horry.
Etymology: Hindi gāṛī a cart or carriage.
Anglo-Indian.
(See quots.)
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun]
carc1320
chara1400
charet?a1400
wagon1542
carry1600
rotan1676
messagerie1777
pillbox1789
bandy1791
Pennsylvania wagon1800
gharry1810
rath1813
vardo1819
rig1831
1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 329 The common g'horry..is rarely, if ever, kept by any European; but may be seen plying for hire in various parts of Calcutta.
1849 Judson in Wayland's Mem. J. (1853) II. 267 She drives out every morning in a gharry.
1866 G. O. Trevelyan Dawk Bungalow in Fraser's Mag. LXXIII. 384 Where my husband was to have met us with the two-horse gharee.
1887 J. C. Fife-Cookson Tiger-Shooting 5 The gharrie is a box-like vehicle with small wheels. It rather resembles a bathing-machine.

Compounds

gharry-driver n.
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1883 I. L. Bishop in Leisure Hour 204/1 My gharrie-driver took me to see a ..pepper-plantation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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