governess-cart

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governess-cart (plural governess-carts)

  1. (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs; a trap.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      […] Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share.
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