dennetn.
/ˈdɛnɪt/ A light open two-wheeled carriage akin to a gig; fashionable in England c1818–1830.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > light carriage > two-wheeled
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1818 Sporting Mag. 2 193 The Dandies of our days..Are wont to bask in fashion's blaze, In Tilbury or Dennet.
1826 Hull Advertiser 9 June 1/2 To be sold, a handsome light Dennet, calculated for a horse or poney.
1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton xvi A certain gig and horse, popularly known in this city as the discount dennet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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