Definition of Shandry

1. a light, sprung cart [n SHANDRIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shandry

shamrock pea
shamrocklike
shamrocks
shams
shamshir
shamus
shamuses
shan't
shana tova
shanachie
shanachies
shand
shandies
shandite
shandries
shandry (current term)
shandrydan
shandrydans
shands
shandy
shandygaff
shandygaffs
shanghai
shanghaied
shanghaier
shanghaiers
shanghaiing
shanghais
shank
shank's mare

Literary usage of Shandry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... so thee just put th' cheer i' th' shandry an aw'll go wi thee. ... and saand at th' last i' th' shandry, an oop jumps owd Jud lest hoo sud ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"... pul th' cheer i* th' shandry an aw'll go wi Ihee. ... looken howd on her to put her i' th' shandry ! welly repented her o" her bargain, thai hoo did ! ..."

3. Howitt's Journal by William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt (1847)
"We fastened his horse to the shandry. We lifted Letty to the pillion. ... They were all but in the shandry. Lefty clung to the pillion-handles, ..."

4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1833)
"At the request One of the keepers said, “Nay, of Gray, witness took the horse we have not; you shot first.; you back, and put him into a shandry. shot the ..."

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