Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small horse-drawn cab with two wheels, side seats, and an entrance at the back, used in the 1800s.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A low-set two- (sometimes four-) wheeled cab or carriage, with the entrance in the back and the seats at the sides: used in many cities of the United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of low-hung cab.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of low
horse-drawn carriage .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They walked back toward Beacon Street, and near the club Archer caught sight of the plush-lined "herdic" which had carried his note to the
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton 1899
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"I will call a herdic and see you home," he said, "if you will come now.
Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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They got into the herdic, and as it drove off he took out his watch and saw that she had been absent just three minutes.
XXIII. Book II 1920
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They walked back toward Beacon Street, and near the club Archer caught sight of the plush-lined ` ` herdic '' which had carried his note to the Parker House, and whose driver was reposing from this effort by bathing his brow at the corner hydrant.
The Age of Innocence 1920
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They got into the herdic, and as it drove off he took out his watch and saw that she had been absent just three minutes.
The Age of Innocence 1920
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They walked back toward Beacon Street, and near the club Archer caught sight of the plush-lined herdic which had carried his note to the Parker House, and whose driver was reposing from this effort by bathing his brow at the corner hydrant.
XXIII. Book II 1920
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All at once our exhilaration evaporated as the herdic rumbled into a side street and backed up before the door of a not-too-inviting, three-storied house with
A Far Country — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909
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In the early morning Boston broke on us like a Mecca as we rolled out of the old Albany station, joint lords of a "herdic."
A Far Country — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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All at once our exhilaration evaporated as the herdic rumbled into a side street and backed up before the door of a not-too-inviting, three-storied house with a queer extension on top.
A Far Country — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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All at once our exhilaration evaporated as the herdic rumbled into a side street and backed up before the door of a not-too-inviting, three-storied house with
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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