shandrydan

American  

[shan-dree-dan] / ˈʃæn driˌdæn /

noun

1. an old-fashioned hooded chaise.

2. a rickety, old-fashioned conveyance.

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shandrydan British  

/ ˈʃændrɪˌdæn /

noun

1. a two-wheeled cart or chaise, esp one with a hood

2. any decrepit old-fashioned conveyance

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Etymology

Origin of shandrydan

First recorded in 1810–20; origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

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shandrydan

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

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

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

"I believe she'll spill us on the road," he said, "or bring back the shandrydan with a hole in it."

From The Marriage of Elinor by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

So we went off with him to the establo, climbed into a sacking-floored shandrydan, and rattled boisterously through the narrow streets of Alcudia.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

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