-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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He headed the Long Island until, during the War, he was called in to make efficient the Great Eastern Ry. of Great Britain.
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
Off to the R. R. shop at 7:30 to touch up the iron malamute which carries mail and passengers to Fairbanks . . . the Ry. stamp mills for the Willow Creek gold mines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Henry Thornton, potent president of Canadian National Ry. gave them a banquet in Montreal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let this not dishearten you, for many things will change when the Ry. is completed.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson
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