karozzin
English
Noun
karozzin (plural karozzini)
- (Malta) A type of traditional carriage pulled by horses.
- 1969, Bryan Balls, Traveller's Guide to Malta: A Concise Guide to the Mediterranean Islands of Malta, Gozo, and Comino, page 15:
- The Maltese horse-drawn cab - the karozzin - was introduced in 1856 and is still a familiar sight in Valletta.
- 2000, Aline P'nina Tayar, How Shall We Sing?: A Mediterranean Journey Through a Jewish Family:
- When Valletta's breathless heat became intolerable, the family would load all their furniture onto carts and, with their two maids, climb into two horse-drawn karozzin.
- 2004, Joseph Binnici, A Chronicle of Twentieth Century Malta, page 28:
- In the face of stiff competition from the trams, the karozzini or gharries go on strike and assemble on the glacis outside Portes Des Bombes.
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