gharry
Americannoun
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gharries
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gharry
First recorded in 1800–10, gharry is from the Hindi word gāṛī
Example Sentences
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The Mandalay gharry, a "dog kennel on wheels," is a frightfully ramshackle thing; doesn't the very name suggest a rickety, rattling sort of a machine?
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)
"I can't ever thank you enough," she told him as they left the gharry and entered the hotel.
From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry
He thrust one foot out of the gharry, upon the step, and stood there a moment, the reflection from passing lamps upon his stained features.
From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Hervey, Harry
Tongas cut into her nerves, the stuffy gharry made her head ache, and the springless phaetons which abound in the East she avoided as the plague.
From Parrot & Co. by MacGrath, Harold
The great soldier having driven off in full uniform through a throng of salaaming menials of various nationalities, X. entered his humble gharry, and, followed by Usoof and Abu, drove to the Messagerie wharf.
From From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India by Keyser, Arthur Louis
Then in a dog-cart and three gharries to the bazaar; very quaint and picturesque.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
Afghans at Jamrud On arrival at Peshawur Station we procured gharries and drove rapidly to the house of the Commissioner, Colonel Waterfield, who was most kind.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
The road is full of carriages, gharries, and dog carts.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)
Leaving them to look after the luggage,57 the Doctor and I got our two invalids into gharries, and drove at once to Malabar Point to stay with the Governor and Lady Reay.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
After a time three gharries arrived, and Mr. Innes and I went in one, the two other gentlemen in another, and Sultan Abdullah's boys in the third.
From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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