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bankrupt cart

bankrupt cart noun: a one-horse chaise.

Noun

bankrupt cart (plural bankrupt carts)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) A one-horse chaise.
    • " 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."1813, Harriet Corp, Cottage Sketches; Or, Active Retirement

Forms of bankrupt cart

pluralbankrupt carts

Origin of bankrupt cart

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

Questions about bankrupt cart

What does bankrupt cart mean?
Bankrupt cart means a one-horse chaise.
What part of speech is bankrupt cart?
Bankrupt cart is a noun.
What is the plural of bankrupt cart?
The plural of bankrupt cart is bankrupt carts.

Words near bankrupt cart in the dictionary

  1. bankrollers
  2. bankrolling
  3. bankrolls
  4. bankrupcy
  5. bankrupt
  6. bankrupt cart
  7. bankrupt carts
  8. bankrupt worm
  9. bankrupt worms
  10. bankruptcies
  11. bankruptcy

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