-ry
variant of -ery.
-ry
1 American
Ry.
2
American
abbreviation
-ry
British
suffix
Etymology
Origin of -ry
Middle English -rie < Old French; short form of -ery
Example Sentences
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Twelve years ago, bewhiskered old Leonor F. Loree wanted to merge his Kansas City Southern Ry. with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas and the St. Louis Southwestern railroads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Off to the R. R. shop at 7:30 to touch up the iron malamute which carries mail and passengers to Fairbanks . . . the Ry. stamp mills for the Willow Creek gold mines.
From Time Magazine Archive
An Irishman from Dublin, he got his start in Canadian Pacific Ry., made a fortune in Montreal utilities, another fortune in textiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. installed 17 such detectors for around $400.000. reckons it saves more than that amount each year in labor costs.
From Time Magazine Archive
L. RY.—The cost of arch culvert construction for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. is recorded in a number of cases as follows: 18-ft.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
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