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shandrydan

[ shan-dree-dan ]

noun

  1. an old-fashioned hooded chaise.
  2. a rickety, old-fashioned conveyance.


shandrydan

/ ˈʃæԻɪˌæ /

noun

  1. a two-wheeled cart or chaise, esp one with a hood
  2. any decrepit old-fashioned conveyance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shandrydan1

First recorded in 1810–20; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shandrydan1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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“Shandrydan,” they repeated quickly in order, and pointed to a small wooden wagon.

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Squire Wynne, the former owner of the Royal Hotel shandrydan, was the ground landlord of Llanyglo, and the reason of Edward Garden's Christmas call on him was—still quite simply and on Minetta's account—that he had decided to build and wanted certain land to build on.

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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.

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Thus he intended to give her as a birthday-present a kind of cloth for a dress which would only have been suitable as a present to her maid; and he thought of driving to the church in an old shandrydan without springs, which would have made all the town laugh; and so on.

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As neither the postilion nor myself were hurt, we were quickly on our legs: he trying to get the horses disentangled—for they were kicking each other to pieces—and I to aid a thin, meek-looking peasant lad, who had been driving the shandrydan, to right the crazy vehicle.

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