pet-carrier

See also: pet carrier

English

Noun

pet-carrier (plural pet-carriers)

  1. Alternative form of pet carrier.
    • 1963 June 20, Jon Roe, quoting L. W. Winget, “Fellowship to Study in Spain Fine; It’s the Complications That Annoy”, in The Evening Eagle and Beacon, volume 37, number 147, Wichita, Kan., →OCLC, page 1D, column 3:
      The friend came by to pick her up on her way out of town, and Madelyn put Ilia into a pet-carrier. Well, Ilia became so upset that she broke out of it.
    • 1964 March 31, “Mrs. Adam Lorent wins Polly Dollar”, in Kenosha News, Kenosha, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 3:
      Mrs. Adam Lorent, 1919 27th St., is the “A.C.L.” who submits the plan for making a pet-carrier out of an old picnic basket so that the family dog may travel in comfort.
    • 2018 April 5, Associated Press, “Buses leave U.S. Embassy on expulsion deadline day”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 137th year, number 64, Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A3, column 1:
      Before the morning departure, journalists outside the embassy compound saw people leaving the residences, placing luggage on trucks. Some toted pet-carriers.
    • 2019 November 27, Peter Mandel, “Traveling for the holidays? You can scare off that seatmate who just won’t shut up”, in Miami Herald, volume 117, number 74, Miami, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13A, column 2:
      Meet your new pal: An ornithologist who keeps pigeons (and has one along in a pet-carrier under his seat).
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