DCHP-3

democrat wagon

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a light, two-horse wagon, having springs and two, sometimes three, seats.

Quotations

1880
The light waggon . . . the two-horse spring waggon similar to the ordinary "democrat" waggon of Ontario, and the double buck-board are the greatest favourites.
1927
As he and those with him in the "democrat" wagon were going down the steep hill at Edmonton, the horses became unmanageable . . . .