sulky
adjective
marked by or given to sulking; sullen.
sulkies
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pluralof sulky.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Often, Clarence and his neighbors got their workhorses together, attached them to sulkies and trotted them around to see which was fastest.
From New York Times ā Nov. 2, 2011
At the early-morning hour, the trotters were out exercising too, pulling balloon-tired practice sulkies, passing the two-legged runner in a flurry of neighs, snorts and hooves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each one of them put on colorful racing silks designed by Cassini and then climbed into harness sulkies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The windows had to be boarded over during the racing season: as the sulkies sailed by on the oval track across the way, workmen dropped their tools to watch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until turnpike days all small carriages were two-wheeled; chaises, chairs, and sulkies were those generally used.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
