| 单词 | boston booby |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBoston booby 3. U.S. A horse-drawn sleigh of a type particularly used in New England, having an enclosed body like that of a coach or brougham; = booby hut n. at Compounds 2. Sometimes also more fully: Boston booby. Now chiefly historical.In quot. 1833: apparently referring spec. to the enclosed body of such a vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > for transport of people sled1590 sledge1617 traineau1653 sleigh1703 pulka1746 booby-hutch1766 Tom Pung1799 cutter1803 pung1804 kibitka1806 booby-hack1820 pulk1831 booby1841 sleigh-cutter1846 clipper-sled1883 1833 Boston Morning Post 2 Feb. A handsome booby hut, in good order, the booby English built, and the runners excellent.] 1841 Boston Morning Post 15 Dec. Bay horses, Barouch, Booby, Chaise and Harnesses. 1870 Boston Post 19 Nov. Two elegant new Boobies, nearly finished. 1916 Boston Sunday Globe 2 Jan. 23/1 Closing out sale of boobies and elegant double sleighs. 1980 Defiance (Ohio) Crescent News 26 June 6/1 Probably built in Boston about 140 years ago was the museum's new Booby Hut, or Boston Booby. 2003 Carriage Jrnl. Jan. 15/1 (caption) Col. Downing would identify this as a coach booby. < as lemmas |
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