buckboard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of buckboard
Example Sentences
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They’d flocked in autos, surreys, and buckboard wagons to bid their boys farewell.
From Slate • May 16, 2020
He toiled as a lawyer, traveling across the plains in a buckboard wagon, often working for the railroads, once having to sue for his fee because the company superintendent refused to pay it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2017
Lewis said the children of her great-grandparents, George and Mary Slagle, would take the horse and buckboard to school from their homestead.
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2016
The two men on the seat of the buckboard got down and stood either side of it.
From The Verge • Mar. 7, 2015
When the buckboard topped the rise Adam could look down on the little cluster of buildings which composed the Hamilton seat—a house with many lean-tos, a cow shed, a shop, and a wagon shed.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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