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shandrydan

[ shan-dree-dan ]

noun

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


shandrydan

/ ˈʃændrɪˌdæn /

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

Directly after breakfast an old shandrydan drove up with a typical Dutch family as occupants.

You don't mean that old shandrydan of a caravan that passed along there two or three days ago?

Shandrydan, shan′dri-dan, n. a light two-wheeled cart: any rickety conveyance.

Shandrydan, an old-fashioned or rickety conveyance of the shay order.

There's the old shandrydan crawling after him with the luggage.

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