Meaning of karozzin | Babel Free

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A type of traditional carriage pulled by a horse or pair of horses.

Malta

Equivalents

Examples

“The horse cab (karrozzin) has not yet been driven off the street by the motor-car, and provides a pleasant mode of making short journeys; [...]”

“Characteristic of the island is the horse-drawn karrozzin—unfortunately rapidly disappearing—but which you will still see⟳ in many places around Valletta, [...]”

“The island’s small fishing boats (Luzzus) and karrozzins (horse-drawn carriages) provided a welcome⟳ change-of-pace from the flattop Shangri-La’s sailors and airmen had been riding since October.”

“The Maltese horse-drawn cab – the karozzin – was introduced in 1856 and is still a familiar sight in Valletta.”

“Those wishing to go at a gentler pace can hire⟳ a karrozin for short sight-seeing trips or take⟳ a dghaisa across the bays and harbours.”

“Horse carriages, so popular in years gone by, reappeared in surprising number⟳, including dozens of those graceful, elegantly appointed victorias (called karrozins) that had formerly served as Malta's taxis.”

“When Valletta's breathless heat became intolerable, the family would load⟳ all their furniture onto carts and, with their two maids, climb⟳ into two horse-drawn karozzin.”

“Fürst missed the commercial foresight to paint⟳ more of it and less of the dazzling sheen of waves. With ghonnellas, dgħajsas and karrozzini, his paintings would today fetch⟳ four or five figure⟳ prices at auction.”

“In the face⟳ of stiff competition from the trams, the karozzini or gharries go on strike⟳ and assemble on the glacis outside Portes Des Bombes.”

“On Friday 13 May at 2.30pm, at the entrance to Mdina, a karozzin driver had the cheek to ask⟳ four young Spanish tourists, presumably here for a few hours on a cruise, Lm30 for a 20 to 30 minute panoramic tour of the Silent City.”

“For our riding lessons we went by Carrozzi, (horse-drawn Garry), always with the same driver Carlo, who took us cross country at about six in the morning, to the Marsa Polo Club [...]”

“Shortly after dawn, a steady stream of people made its way on foot, in flat cars, or in karrozini (cabs) to the Cathedral Church at Mdina. The ceremony took place⟳ in a wartime setting with the cathedral stripped of many of its treasures.”

“After passing the houses a few minutes ago I came on alone up the road towards a line of trees and I noticed a Maltese horse-drawn cab, called a carozzi or garry.”

“He listened to the bells of horse-drawn karozzins. His life was temporarily becalmed and there was nothing he could do but wait⟳ for the time it would resume.”

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