单词 | booby-hack |
释义 | > as lemmasbooby-hack booby-hack n. [after booby-hutch n.] U.S. (now chiefly historical) a horse-drawn sleigh of a type particularly used in New England; a booby-hut (booby hut n.); spec. such a sleigh available for hire (cf. hack n.2 3). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > for transport of people sled1590 sledge1617 traineau1653 sleigh1703 pulka1746 booby-hutch1766 Tom Pung1799 cutter1803 pung1804 kibitka1806 booby-hack1820 pulk1831 booby1841 sleigh-cutter1846 clipper-sled1883 1820 C. C. Emerson Let. 15 Jan. in R. A. Bosco & J. Myerson Emerson Brothers (2006) iv. 221 I had a fine ride in a booby hack with Miss Stearns in the country. 1888 Boston Daily Globe 2 Feb. (Evening ed.) 8/6 They collided with Crowley's booby hack, knocking the horse down and demolishing the front of the vehicle. 1952 K. H. Dunshee As you pass By 133 These rigs, called ‘booby hacks’, were common sights along old Park Row. 1995 Carriage Jrnl. Winter 106/3 The Booby-Hack was a closed sleigh used for hire. < as lemmas |
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