surrey

UK /ˈsʌɹi/ US /ˈsɝɹi/

name 5noun 1

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ADJ.

high

The high surrey clattered down the cobblestone street with the horses trotting briskly.

SURREY + NOUN

school, student

A Surrey student won first place in the national science competition last month.

PREP.

after

After the picnic, we rode home in a horse-drawn surrey through the countryside.

ADV.

shortly

I arrived at the Surrey countryside shortly after the train pulled into the station.

Definitions

name

An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.

The easternmost of the three historical counties of Jamaica, bordered by the county of Middlesex in the west; named after the English county.

A city in British Columbia, Canada, near Vancouver.

Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called a “faggot” by classmates) killed himself by jumping off a bridge, James Chamberlain wrote a letter to the editor of a small newspaper called the Peace Arch News.

A township in Clare County, Michigan, United States.

A city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.

noun

A light horse-drawn carriage with forward-facing seats accommodating two or four people, popular in the United States; a motorized carriage of similar design.

The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons.

It suffered a wide verandah, one side of which led directly into the stables where, in former days, horses, surreys, and buggies had been kept, and where now two cars were housed— […]

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The Surrey must be looked upon as the spring novelty in the way of road-wagons.

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It suffered a wide verandah, one side of which led directly into the stables where, in former days, horses, surreys, and buggies had been kept, and where now two cars were housed— […]

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When I take you out, tonight, with me, / Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be: / You will set behind a team of snow white horses, / In the slickest gig you ever see! // Chicks and ducks and geese be

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, surrey is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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