| 单词 | reading wagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasReading wagon 4. attributive. Designating the gypsy caravan of traditional design, believed to have been first built in Reading (see quot. 1951). Chiefly in Reading wagon. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > vehicle used as living accommodation > used by gypsies gypsy caravan1840 gypsy wagon1841 vardo1897 Reading wagon1940 1940 F. G. Huth in Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. 19 117 The Reading Waggon, or old type of Gypsy vardō, with large wheels running outside the body of the van. 1951 Archit. Rev. 109 317 There are five distinct types of gypsy wagon... Reading wagon. Originally built by the Dunton family at Reading, this is probably the oldest type of van and is generally accepted as the ‘gypsy shape’. 1975 Country Life 2 Oct. 840/1 We thought we might buy an old gypsy wagon... I found the ruin of a ‘Reading’ or showman's wagon. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 2 Dec. (Features section) 5 This colourful high-Gothic style horse-drawn Reading Wagon of about 1900 is estimated at £8,000-£10,000. < as lemmas |
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