-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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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
Getting from the Chicago & North Western Ry. a tract of land along the Chicago River, he built the Merchandise Mart.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Sir Henry Thornton, potent president of Canadian National Ry. gave them a banquet in Montreal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sergeant Allen: I hurriedly write the following message: At Ry. trestle 1 mi.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
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