| 单词 | ticca gharry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasticca gharry attributive. Engaged on contract, hired; esp. in ticca gharry, hired carriage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [adjective] > hired hiredc1230 conduct1476 jobbed1827 ticca1827 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hired carriage > in India palki-gharry1828 shigram1841 ticca gharry1878 tikka1955 1827 in Regulations Bengal VI. 132 A Rule, Ordinance and Regulation..for regulating the number and fare of Teeka Palankeens, and Teeka Bearers in the Town of Calcutta. 1878 G. Graham Life in Mofussil II. 94 We got into a ‘ticca gharry’, ‘hired trap’. 1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 10 That tikka..has been owin' an' fere-owin' all over the bloomin' maidan. 1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 48 You..can, no doubt, retire and set up a ticca gharry, or a shop. 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 817 Engaged in a..wrangle with a Ticca carriage-driver. 1911 R. E. Vernede Ignorant in India i. 5 He had collected enough porters to get it into a tikka ghari. 1928 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 498/1 Tikka-gharris, bullock-carts, hand-trucks, and coolies combined to raise..an excruciating din. 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions ix. 151 The drivers of phaetons and tikka-gharis, tongas and ekkas. < as lemmas |
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