单词 | dandy-wallahs |
释义 | > as lemmasdandy-wallahs 3. ‘A kind of vehicle used in the Himalaya, consisting of a strong cloth slung like a hammock to a bamboo staff, and carried by two (or more) men [ dandy-wallahs]’ (Yule). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter litterc1330 saumbury1393 cabin1587 palanquin1588 norimon1616 dooliec1625 sedan1646 pavilion1656 takhtrawan1671 go-cart1676 palki1678 portantina1758 muncheel1807 machila1833 kago1857 dandy1870 1870 C. F. Gordon Cumming in Good Words 135/1 As the darkness closed in, my dandy-wallahs stumbled, so that I had to give up the attempt to use the dandy, and struggle on on foot. 1888 Times 2 July 5/2 Major Battye and Captain Urmston joined the rear and placed the wounded man in a dandy. < as lemmas |
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