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Sulkies

Sulky \Sulk"y\, n.; pl. Sulkies. [From Sulky, a.; -- so called from the owner's desire of riding alone.] A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.

Note: Sulky is used adjectively in the names of several agricultural machines drawn by horses to denote that the machine is provided with wheels and a seat for the driver; as, sulky plow; sulky harrow; sulky rake, etc.

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sulkies

n. (sulky English)

Usage examples of "sulkies".

Carriages, sulkies, gigs, hackneys, carts, drays, wagons and horse-drawn omnibuses thronged the narrow streets, lined first with ordinary buildings, but then with shops rendered alien by awnings that jutted to the edge of the pavement.

The light sulkies were lined up in a row, and the horses tossed their heads and pawed the ground, eager to start.

For generations they’d moved from county to county, mending things, racing their sulkies at fairs, and, some said, doing thievery or Worse.