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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Beyond, the gharry stood in readiness, and by it was Atcheh, the trunk and shirt-box already strapped in place.

From A Transient Guest and Other Episodes by Saltus, Edgar

Thus whispering, advising and hoping and bemoaning, the two ladies were conducted by Sophy to their jointly-hired ticka gharry, and were presently rattled away.

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

She had a gharry waiting in the road.

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

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)

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