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britzka

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/ ˈbrɪtskə /

noun

  1. a long horse-drawn carriage with a folding top over the rear seat and a rear-facing front seat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of britzka

C19: from German, variant of Britschka , from Polish bryczka a little cart, from bryka cart


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Stay, whilst the big door opens, and then mark the owner of the house and britzka.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various

Well, Viscount, there will be in my court-yard this evening a good travelling britzka, with four post-horses, in which one may rest as in a bed.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

The ladies and Lord Montfort entered their britzka.

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

Nine times out of ten shall you behold, standing at the door, a splendid equipage—a britzka or barouche.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various

My God!" he said, "she sent me to the farmhouses to arrange the defence, and it never occurred to me that in the meantime she would jump into the britzka and drive away.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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