prairie schooner

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noun

a type of covered wagon, similar to but smaller than the Conestoga wagon, used by pioneers in crossing the prairies and plains of North America.

Origin of prairie schooner

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby prairie schooner

prairie oyster, Prairie Provinces, prairie rattlesnake, prairie rose, Prairie School, prairie schooner, prairie skirt, prairie smoke, prairie soil, Prairie State, Prairie style

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Example sentences from the Web for prairie schooner

Then he strode away and proceeded to dress on the other side of the prairie-schooner, without so much as a second look at us.
The Prairie Child|Arthur Stringer
On the back of one of these lots stood a tumble-down wooden building, and hidden away in this building was the prairie-schooner.
The Prairie Child|Arthur Stringer
If they went at all it was in a prairie-schooner or on horseback.
The Strength of the Pines|Edison Marshall
A covered wagon, of the prairie-schooner type, was drawn up at the foot of the rise.
A Prairie Infanta|Eva Wilder Brodhead

They had got hold of a canvas-covered wagon, of the type of the old "prairie-schooner."
They Call Me Carpenter|Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for prairie schooner

prairie schooner

noun

mainly US a horse-drawn covered wagon similar to but smaller than a Conestoga wagon, used in the 19th century to cross the prairies of North America

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单词	prairie schooner
释义	prairie schooner SEE SYNONYMS FOR prairie schooner ON THESAURUS.COM noun a type of covered wagon, similar to but smaller than the Conestoga wagon, used by pioneers in crossing the prairies and plains of North America. Origin of prairie schooner First recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby prairie schooner prairie oyster, Prairie Provinces, prairie rattlesnake, prairie rose, Prairie School, prairie schooner, prairie skirt, prairie smoke, prairie soil, Prairie State, Prairie style Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prairie schooner Then he strode away and proceeded to dress on the other side of the prairie-schooner, without so much as a second look at us. The Prairie Child\|Arthur Stringer On the back of one of these lots stood a tumble-down wooden building, and hidden away in this building was the prairie-schooner. The Prairie Child\|Arthur Stringer If they went at all it was in a prairie-schooner or on horseback. The Strength of the Pines\|Edison Marshall A covered wagon, of the prairie-schooner type, was drawn up at the foot of the rise. A Prairie Infanta\|Eva Wilder Brodhead They had got hold of a canvas-covered wagon, of the type of the old "prairie-schooner." They Call Me Carpenter\|Upton Sinclair British Dictionary definitions for prairie schooner prairie schooner noun mainly US a horse-drawn covered wagon similar to but smaller than a Conestoga wagon, used in the 19th century to cross the prairies of North America Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to prairie schooner stagecoach
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prairie schooner

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