| 单词 | springboard wagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspringboard wagon 4. U.S. A type of light wagon. In later use in springboard wagon in the same sense. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > light Germantown1766 dearborn1820 cart1823 wagon1837 springboard1857 runabout1863 buck-wagon1864 beach-wagon1869 buckboard1874 tonga1874 buck-cart1884 jutka1886 runabout wagon1886 1857 J. T. Trowbridge Neighbor Jackwood vi. 52 I wonder who it was invented buck-boards,—spring-boards, they call 'em to Sawney Hook. I never could like 'em. Jest a long teeterin' board, from the fore ex to the hind ex, with nothin' but a seat in the middle. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 174 A couple in a waggon, or a dusty farmer on a spring-board, toiling over ‘the grade’ to..Calistoga. 1958 F. Stanley No Tears for Black Jack Ketchem i. 1 Wagons rolled into Clayton. From far and near they came... Spring-board, buck-board, chuck-wagon, Studebaker wagon, surrey, saddle-back, afoot. 2007 R. Farnbach & L. Barnett Fallbrook 72 He..would sometimes take the family springboard wagon to the top of the hill, without any horses, and coast down with just a rope tied to the axles to steer it. < as lemmas |
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