herdicn.
/ˈhəːdɪk/ U.S.
A two- or sometimes four-wheeled cab or carriage having a low-hung body with the entrance at the back and seats at the sides. Also herdic-phaeton.
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1882 T. S. Hudson Scamper thro' Amer. 74 Taking a herdick (small one-horse 'bus named after the inventor) we drove to the White House.
1883 E. M. Bacon Dict. Boston, Mass. 207 The herdic-phaeton, or herdics as they are universally called..of recent introduction (in 1881).
1884 Boston Herald 6 Oct. 1/6 Inquiry among the herdic drivers of this city yesterday failed to elicit any information.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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