gharry
noun
a horse-drawn cab or carriage used in India and Egypt.
gharri
-
a variation of
gharry.
Example Sentences
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The children called every form of conveyance a "gharri."
From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
Remembering this, as soon as we got on shore we took a gharri, and rode off to find the American missionaries, of whom and of their work I shall have more to say.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Meanwhile I pitched my tent under some shady palms near the gharri line, and busied myself in exploring the island and in procuring the stores and the outfit necessary for a lengthy sojourn up-country.
From The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures by Frederick Courteney Selous
Yasmini waited at the stair—head until she heard them pull him into a gharri and drive away.
From The Winds of the World by Talbot Mundy
It was all a bad dream, and it began badly, in a dog kennel of a ticca gharri that racked us in tune to our own jarring thoughts.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
