shandrydan

English

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Noun

shandrydan (plural shandrydans)

  1. (dated, humorous) A hooded chaise; any similar horse-drawn vehicle with no definite name.
    • 1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 134 (1968 edition):
      The odd-man gardener has brought the Rectory shandrydan round to the front door — it was a long elongated open vehicle drawn by a mild old mare named Lucy.
  2. (dated, Ireland, humorous, derogatory) A vehicle; a carriage or cart.

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