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单词 horse-fly
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horse-flyn.2

Etymology: < fly n.2 3b.
Obsolete.
A covered carriage drawn by a horse. (Subsequently simply fly.)
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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).
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