bankrupt cart

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A one-horse chaise. idiomatic,obsolete
    — " No, no, I was too prudent when I was young to risk the expenses of a bankrupt cart, and now I am old I am too wise to attempt the difficult art of driving one."

词形变化

bankrupt carts plural

词源

Said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice, from their being so frequently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shopkeepers and tradesmen.
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