| 单词 | tally-ho coach |
| 释义 | > as lemmastally-ho coach a. Originally, the proper name given to a fast day-coach between London and Birmingham, started in 1823; subsequently appropriated by other fast coaches on this and other roads, and treated somewhat as a common noun. Also tally-ho coach. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > stagecoach or mail coach posting carriage1556 wagon1615 post-coach1636 stagecoach1658 flying coach1669 stage1671 wagon-coach1675 stage-wagon1681 post-car1694 post-wagon1694 post calash1703 fly1708 post-carriage1720 post-stage1738 diligence1742 flying machine1764 machine1769 mail coach1785 dilly1786 mail stage1792 high-flyer1799 post-equipage1813 post vehicle1815 tally-ho coach1831 mail packeta1837 flying carriage1849 stager1852 mail-hack1909 1831 T. Attwood 9 Oct. in Life (1885) xii. 184 I prefer your coming by the Safety Tally ho, because it puts up at the most convenient inn. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 76 Tally-ho coach..don't wait for nobody. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 77 His father..had resolved that Tom should travel down by the Tally-ho, which..passed through Rugby itself. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. Introd. 1 The mail still announced itself by the merry notes of the horn; the hedge-cutter..might still know the exact hour by the..apparition of the pea-green Tally-ho or the yellow Independent. 1903 C. G. Harper Stage-coach & Mail II. ix., x., xiii. [much historical information]. < as lemmas |
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