gharry
noun
a horse-drawn cab or carriage used in India and Egypt.
gharries
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pluralof gharry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On reaching Aleppo, in the evening, the orderlies and servants were marched off by themselves, and after loading our kit on to carts we were driven away in gharries from the station.
From A Kut Prisoner by H. C. W. Bishop
Let gharries be got together at once to take the infantry forty miles, then they will start fresh for a thirty-mile march.
From In Times of Peril by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
"Anyhow it seems a huge, stirring sort of place," he added, as he watched motors, bicycles, and gharries whirring past the entrance.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
A good many roads have been made in the State, and the Chinese are building buggies, gharries, and wagons, and many of the richer ones own them and import Sumatra ponies to draw them.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
The gharries took us to various small hotels, but when once inside we were not allowed to go out again.
From A Kut Prisoner by H. C. W. Bishop
