herdic

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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."

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  1. noun A small horse-drawn cab with two wheels, side seats, and an entrance at the back, used in the 19th century.

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  • And if you want to be comfortable in a herdic, sit sidewise and pretend that the seat is a horse. —  In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda
  • 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
  • We crossed the Charles River, blue-grey and still that morning; traversed a nondescript district, and at last found ourselves gazing out of the windows at the mellowed, plum-coloured bricks of the University buildings.... 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
  • Then she too stood up 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 I told you everything was predestined! —  The Age of Innocence
  • 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
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  1. After Peter Herdic (1824-1888), American inventor.

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  1. Named after the inventor, Peter Herdic, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
 

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