单词 | horse-fly |
释义 | † horse-flyn.2 Obsolete. A covered carriage drawn by a horse. (Subsequently simply fly.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired carriage remise1698 job coach1748 voiturin1768 slap-bang coach1797 fly1818 fly-by-night1818 fly-coach1818 job1819 fly-wagon1826 horse-fly1826 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) II. 355 A much more dignified conveyance..than any of the race of flies, whether horse-fly or man-fly. 1830 T. Hook Maxwell II. ii. 53 [To] go and get a fly..not to bring a horse-fly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.21826 |
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