herdic

[ hur-dik ]

/ ˈhɜr dɪk /

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noun

a low-hung carriage with two or four wheels, having the entrance at the back and the seats at the sides.

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Origin of herdic

1880–85, Americanism; named after P. Herdic, 19th-century American, the inventor

Words nearby herdic

Hercynian, hercynite, herd, herd-book, herder, herdic, herd immunity, herding dog, herd instinct, herd's-grass, herdsman

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How to use herdic in a sentence

As he picked himself up, a great fat man put his head out of the other herdic window and began to ask the cause of the detention.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
"Where in the——" but the man was a herdic driver and his language may as well be left to the imagination.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
The moment Jack arrived in Boston he jumped into a herdic and drove straight to the hospital.
Harvard Stories|Waldron Kintzing Post
Feeling in a luxurious mood they scorned the cars, and chartered a herdic, four men getting inside and three on the roof.
Harvard Stories|Waldron Kintzing Post

The door at the back of the herdic is held shut with a strap that leads through the roof to the driver's seat.
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British Dictionary definitions for herdic

herdic

/ (ˈhɜːdɪk) /

noun

US a small horse-drawn carriage with a rear entrance and side seats

Word Origin for herdic

C19: named after P. Herdic, 19th-century American inventor

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