governess-cart

English

Noun

governess-cart (plural governess-carts)

(historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs; a trap.
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
  
  […] Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share.

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