-ry
variant of -ery.
-ry
1 American
Ry.
2
American
abbreviation
-ry
British
suffix
Etymology
Origin of -ry
Middle English -rie < Old French; short form of -ery
Example Sentences
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The Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. installed 17 such detectors for around $400.000. reckons it saves more than that amount each year in labor costs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last August ICC allowed Seaboard Air Line Ry., which is in reorganization, to finance 90% of a $1,671,000 equipment trust issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week they found him in the person of Herbert Fitzpatrick, vice-president & general counsel of Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. and the most trusted Van Sweringen advisor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Office employes of Missouri Pacific R. R., of Southern Ry. and of Delaware & Hudson R. R. all were given 5%-to-10% cuts.
From Time Magazine Archive
L. RY.—The cost of arch culvert construction for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. is recorded in a number of cases as follows: 18-ft.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
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