单词 | parly |
释义 | parlyn. colloquial. Now historical. More fully parly train. A parliamentary train (see parliamentary adj. and n. Compounds). ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > types of parliamentary train1845 excursion-train1849 parliamentary1854 parly1855 corridor train1892 trip-train1894 railmotor1903 railbus1932 mystery train1933 pool passenger train1934 Skybus1963 pay-train1968 1855 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 2 June 416/2 I make my journey in the poor man's carriage—the ‘parly’, or third class. In that humble ‘parly’ train..is much more railway poetry than in the more aristocratic compartments. 1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind xiv. 146 ‘There's an animal for you, as strong as a church; an' 'll go like a train, leastways a parly,’ he added, correcting himself. 1898 W. P. Ridge Three Women & Mr. Frank Cardwell 10 Frank Cardwell was off to London by the parly in the morning. 1985 P. N. Townend Colour of Steam IV. (LNER Pacifics) 26 (caption) No. 60523 Sun Castle passing Holloway on a parly to Peterborough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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