shay

See also: Shay

English

One horse shay, circa 1910.

Corruption of chaise, originally from French. alternately: liar, breaker of promises, betrayer

shay (plural shays)

A chaise.
- 1766, George Colman & David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act iv, Scene 1.
  The poſt-ſhay ſhall be at the door by ſix o'clock in the morning; and if Miſs Fanny does not get into it, why I will, and ſo there's an end of the matter.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 28
  Master sent me over with the shay-cart, to carry your luggage up to the house. He’d ha’ sent some saddle-horses, but he thought you’d rather walk, being a cold day.

chaise — see chaise

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