gharry

American

[gar-ee] / ˈgær i /

Or gharri

noun

plural

gharries

a horse-drawn cab or carriage used in India and Egypt.

gharry British

/ ˈɡærɪ /

noun

(in India) a horse-drawn vehicle available for hire

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Etymology

Origin of gharry

First recorded in 1800–10, gharry is from the Hindi word gāṛī

Example Sentences

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He always stood still when we met anything, stopping so abruptly as almost to shoot us out of the gharry.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

I have ridden for miles in a Calcutta gharry.

From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William

"There's no need to take a gharry," said Kerth.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry

I'd two or three cab voyages, "gharry," I should have said, before I got the best part of ours to the Taj Hotel.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

Sure enough, there came a rattle-trap hack gharry at the heels of a pair of galloping ponies.

From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)

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