karrozzinn.
/kəˈrɒtsɪn/ A horse-drawn cab used in Malta. Also attributive.
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1926 E. Shepherd Malta & Me vii. 53 I..preferred the dreary carozzi.
1926 E. Shepherd Malta & Me xvi. 129 The roads leading to Valletta are black from early morning with carozzis.
1943 Epic of Malta 25 (caption) The picture above shows a ‘carrozzi’ (Maltese cab) at its usual.. stand.
1943 Epic of Malta 89 (caption) In the picture below Maltese ponies are seen sheltering beside their ‘carozzis’ (cabs).
1960 Sunday Express 6 Nov. 19/4 You can ride in a horse-drawn cab (called a karrozin).
1964 G. Butler Coffin in Malta iii. 66 The flower-sellers and the karrozzin drivers in the square.
1968 Clarendonian 22 269 One could get up into town by a lift up the cliff face for 2½d... or by karrozzin, the Maltese name for the colourful horse and buggy.
1972 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 21 (advt.) They're horse-drawn ‘karrozzins’, and each one is so beautifully painted you get the feeling all the owners are in earnest competition. Hire one, and go for a ride through Malta's tiny winding streets, at a good steady trot.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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