buggy
24
6.7
- noun
- /ˈbʌɡi/
- Archaic
:
carruaje
- Matthew leads Anne to his buggy, and together they ride to Green Gables.
- horse-drawn buggy
- wheeled buggy
- drawn buggy
So right the the car, you know, the automobile displaced a lot of carriage drivers and people who sold buggy whips and blacksmiths who made horseshoes.
- So right the the car, you know, the automobile displaced a lot of carriage drivers and people who sold buggy whips and blacksmiths who made horseshoes.
- Because now you're talking about intelligence systems that are just, I mean, this is no longer just going from horse and buggy to to the car.
- So I have some old order, old order Mennonite friends with a horse and buggy, bonnets, suspenders, the whole thing.
- You know, Netflix Blockbuster horse and buggy car, horses were around for a real long time.
Examples
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Well, lose a horse, lose a buggy.
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On the gravel road running parallel to the highway, Upton saw an Amish buggy drawn by a single horse.
Fiction book (2000) -
Back to horse and buggy?
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Evan's gonna drive us to worship in his buggy.
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We traveled in a new buggy, drawn by a very fine team of mules.
Academic text (1998) -
We can take you into the city on buggy tomorrow morning.
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After 10 minutes of instruction, Richard steered the buggy up the dusty dirt trails while Christina rode shotgun.
Synonyms
4
9.3
A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse for one or two people
1
9.9
A light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse
A small, light carriage pulled by one horse for one person
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
A tool that makes horses move when they pull a small carriage and now means something old-fashioned
- US
A large vehicle with big wheels and a raised body that goes across wet, muddy land
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun buggy for a small horse-drawn carriage probably comes from an older word for a light, simple vehicle, so a buggy is a small carriage for one or two people.