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BUGGY , a vehicle with either two (in See also:

England and See also:

India) or four wheels (in See also:

AMERICA

America). See also:

ENGLISH

English buggies are generally hooded and for one See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse. See also:

AMERICAN

American buggies are for one horse or two, and either covered with a See also:

hood or open; among the varieties are the " Goddard " (the name of the inventor), the " See also:

box," so called from the shape of the See also:

BODY

body, the " cut under," i.e. cut out for the front wheels to See also:

cramp beneath and so turn in a narrow space, the " end-See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring " and " See also:

side-See also:

bar," names referring to the See also:

style of See also:

HANGING

hanging. A See also:

SKELETON

skeleton buggy, lightly constructed, is used on the American " speedways," built and maintained for fast See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving. The word is of unknown origin; it may be connected with " See also:

BOGIE

bogie " (q.v.) a See also:

TRUCK

truck. The supposed Hindustani baggi, a See also:

GIG

gig, often given as the source, appears to be an invention or an See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation into the See also:

VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular of the English word.

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