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shandrydans

shandrydans is the plural of shandrydan.

Meaning of shandrydan

Noun

shandrydan (plural shandrydans)

  1. (dated) A hooded chaise; (later, jocular) any rickety old-fashioned vehicle.
    • Mr Lingnam went on like our shandrydan, slowly and loudly.1914 August, Rudyard Kipling, “The Vortex”, in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 387
    Synonyms:
    shandry

Questions about shandrydans

What is shandrydans the plural of?
Shandrydans is the plural of shandrydan.

Words near shandrydans in the dictionary

  1. Shandongers
  2. Shandra
  3. shandries
  4. shandry
  5. shandrydan
  6. shandrydans
  7. Shands
  8. Shandses
  9. shandy
  10. shandygaff
  11. shandygaffs

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