shandrydan

noun

shan·​dry·​dan

-drēˌdan

variants or less commonly shandradan

-drəˌ-

plural -s

1

: a chaise with a hood

2

: a rickety vehicle

saw a car moving up the road, not a decayed shandrydan like the other, but a new and powerful car

—John Buchan

Word History

Etymology

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