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单词 mammy wagon
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mammy wagon
mammy wagon n.
Brit. /ˈmamɪ ˌwaɡ(ə)n/
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U.S. /ˈmæmi ˌwæɡən/
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West African English /ˌmami ˈwaˌɡɔn/
a small open-sided vehicle in West Africa.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > motor-driven > other types
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1957 Times 17 Dec. 9/6 As we drove on to the ferry a ‘mammy-waggon’ full of them [sc. Ghanaian students] was pushed on behind us.
1961 Listener 2 Nov. 697/1 The mammy-wagons are the friendly little open-sided buses which ply, always crowded, between towns and villages, and which have their names painted in bright colours.
1965 W. Soyinka Road 19 Goes into the mammy-waggon stall through hidden entrance up-stage.
1987 N. Gordimer Sport of Nature 197 She jostled between the mammy wagons and the street vendors' jingling dinner bells.
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