Surrey
['sʌrɪ] or ['sɝi]
Definition
(noun.) a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats.
(noun.) a county in southeastern England on the Thames.
Inputed by Lennon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a straight bottom.
Typed by Carlyle
Definition
n. (U.S.) a light four-wheeled vehicle for four persons usually with two seats in a box mounted on side-bars.
Checked by Eugene
Examples
- But how important an element enclosure is, I plainly saw near Farnham, in Surrey. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It blows over the--ha--Surrey hills. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- After a darkening hour or so, suddenly the rudder-lines tightened in his hold, and he steered hard towards the Surrey shore. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, sir, near Farnham, on the borders of Surrey. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In town the earliest risers were just beginning to look sleepily from their windows as we drove through the streets of the Surrey side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We have touched on three English counties in our short drive, starting in Middlesex, passing over an angle of Surrey, and ending in Kent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The iron industry shifted from the wooded country of Sussex and Surrey to the coal districts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Remember that I have breathed thirty miles of Surrey air this morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- She had a mansion in Surrey, and a house in Portland Place. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Now, Miss Violet, what has happened to you, near Farnham, on the borders of Surrey? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Our lesson is, that there are two Richmonds, one in Surrey and one in Yorkshire, and that mine is the Surrey Richmond. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- SIXTH NARRATIVE Contributed by SERGEANT CUFF I Dorking, Surrey, July 30th, 1849. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I went with him over Westminster Bridge, and parted from him on the Surrey shore. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Blows over the Surrey hills. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Meredith