bankrupt cart (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

bankrupt cart

A one-horse chaise, said to be so called by a Lord Chief Justice, from their being so frequently used on Sunday jaunts by extravagant shop-keepers and tradesmen.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

bang straw * banks’s horse

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