DCHP-3

buggy

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a light four-wheeled carriage, often having a collapsible top and drawn by a single horse.

Quotations

1841
The clergymen were . . . paid by the home government eight hundred dollars each, yearly, for officiating once a week, if the weather would permit his reverence to ride in a cushioned buggy to church. . . .
1855
We travelled in a buggy, the vehicle generally used in Canada, which although extremely light, successfully resists the terrible concussions arising from the wretched roads.
1958
[We were] hustled into a waiting buggy. . . .
2n.

a similar vehicle drawn by two horses.

Quotations

1848
I happened to be at Norwichville when the Hon. member arrived from Burford . . . in a two horse buggy.
1920
Not far behind the democrat came a light buggy drawn by a team of greys.