单词 | mud wagon |
释义 | > as lemmasmud wagon mud wagon n. North American (now historical) a type of carriage, less elaborate and comfortable than a stagecoach, and usually of lighter construction; cf. mud-cart n. 2. ΚΠ 1835 C. J. Latrobe Rambler in N. Amer. II. 259 We had to put up with an open ‘mud-waggon’, with spring seats. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It vii. 60 We had to change our stage (for a less sumptuous affair, called a ‘mud-wagon’). 1955 W. Foster-Harris Old West vi. 173 A mud wagon..was either a lighter, smaller, simpler version of the big Concord stage, or, more often, a wagonette. 1993 Western Horseman Apr. 38/2 The mudwagon was a kind of low-class stagecoach and hardly an example of the traditional stage. < as lemmas |
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