DCHP-1 Online
buggy 
1 n. a light four-wheeled carriage, often having a collapsible top and drawn by a single horse.
- 1841 The clergymen were . . . paid by the home government eight hundred dollars each, yearly, for officiating once a week, if the weather would permit his reverence to ride in a cushioned buggy to church. . . .
- 1855 (1955) We travelled in a buggy, the vehicle generally used in Canada, which although extremely light, successfully resists the terrible concussions arising from the wretched roads.
- 1958 [We were] hustled into a waiting buggy. . . .
- 1841 The clergymen were . . . paid by the home government eight hundred dollars each, yearly, for officiating once a week, if the weather would permit his reverence to ride in a cushioned buggy to church. . . .
2 n. a similar vehicle drawn by two horses.
- 1848 I happened to be at Norwichville when the Hon. member arrived from Burford . . . in a two horse buggy.
- 1920 Not far behind the democrat came a light buggy drawn by a team of greys.
- 1848 I happened to be at Norwichville when the Hon. member arrived from Burford . . . in a two horse buggy.