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BUGGIES
Noun
buggies
plural of buggy
Source: Wiktionary
BUGGY
Bug"gy, a. Etym: [From Bug.]
Definition: Infested or abounding with bugs.
Bug"gy, n.; pl. Buggies.
1. A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle. [Eng.] Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to the race in a buggy. Beaconsfield.
2. A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top. [U.S.] Buggy cultivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver.
– Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; -- called also sulky plow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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