shandrydan
Americannoun
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an old-fashioned hooded chaise.
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a rickety, old-fashioned conveyance.
noun
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a two-wheeled cart or chaise, esp one with a hood
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any decrepit old-fashioned conveyance
Etymology
Origin of shandrydan
First recorded in 1810–20; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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On a Friday afternoon in the June of the year 1880, a roomy old shandrydan, midway between a trap and a wagonette, moved slowly along the Porth Neigr and Llanyglo road.
From Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
Mr. Lingnam went on like our shandrydan, slowly and loudly.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
Directly after breakfast an old shandrydan drove up with a typical Dutch family as occupants.
From South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time by Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson
There's the old shandrydan crawling after him with the luggage.
From The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town by F. Earl Christy
She wants to drag him home with her in that shandrydan!
From Lady Cassandra by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
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