sedan-chair
English
Noun
sedan
-
chair
(
plural
sedan-chairs
)
Alternative form of
sedan chair
.
1889
December,
Rudyard Kipling
, “
The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney
”, in
Macmillan's Magazine
:
'
Sedan-chair
! Put your
'ead
in a bag. That was a
palanquin
. Don't
yer
know a
palanquin
when you see it?' said
Ortheris
with great scorn.