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carromata
[ kar-uh-mah-tuh; Spanish kahr-raw-mah-tah ]
noun
- (in the Philippines) a light, two-wheeled covered vehicle, usually drawn by one horse.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carromata1
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Example Sentences
The country cart is built something like the carromata and will accommodate four people.
He went downstairs, jumped into a carromata that was just rattling out of the court, and drove to the Intendencia.
At a plaza he tried to hail a carromata, but the cochero whipped up his horse in a frenzy of distrust.
The carromata wheels were iron-tired, and jolted—well, like Manila street carromatas of that day.
Since then a modification of the carromata and of another vehicle called calesin has been evolved.
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