Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A buggy with a cover or top. See buggy.

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Examples

  • She had been buggy-riding before, but always behind one horse, jaded, and livery, in a top-buggy, heavy and dingy, such as livery stables rent because of sturdy unbreakableness.

    CHAPTER XIX 2010

  • A lean, yellow horse, tackled to the shafts of a broken top-buggy with bits of rope as well as worn straps, stood in the roadway.

    Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret Annie Roe Carr

  • Austin had been all the way from Hamstead to White Water that day, stopping on his way back at Wallacetown, to bring Sally, who taught school there, home for over Sunday; his little old horse, never either strong or swift, was tired and hot and muddy, and hung its unkempt head dejectedly, apparently having lost all willingness to drag the dilapidated top-buggy and its two occupants another step.

    The Old Gray Homestead Frances Parkinson Keyes 1927

  • But for years he's just hungered for a top-buggy, with side bars and piano box and the whole blamed rig painted bright red, so he can take his squaw out in style; and I'm going to see that he gets it.

    The Long Chance 1918

  • A smart horse and a shiny top-buggy were standing in the barnyard.

    'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • Why, the top-buggy had come early in the morning yesterday and stayed both to dinner and tea, and she thought it was just horrid mean of Lottie Price, so she did.

    'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • He came out nearly every Sunday in a top-buggy and took Miss Hillary for a drive.

    'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • The young man of the top-buggy soon became a fruitful source of gossip in the schoolroom, especially amongst the older girls.

    'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • Elizabeth had no idea what the joke was, but laughter was always contagious, and she got behind her slate and giggled, too; so loud, indeed, that Miss Hillary -- it was Monday and the top-buggy had not come out from Cheemaun -- rapped sharply on her desk and looked very severe.

    'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • She had been buggy-riding before, but always behind one horse, jaded, and livery, in a top-buggy, heavy and dingy, such as livery stables rent because of sturdy unbreakableness.

    Chapter 9 1913

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