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Prairie schooner   /prˈɛri skˈunər/   Listen
Prairie schooner

noun
1.
A large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century.  Synonyms: Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie wagon.





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"Prairie schooner" Quotes from Famous Books



... she wanted to visit California, and asked if it would be safe to do so "on account of the Indians!" While Indians do not appear in Bret Harte's pages, it is a safe conjecture that, through association of ideas, this lady conjured up a vague vision of a "prairie schooner" crossing the plains, harassed by the Indian ...
— A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country • Thomas Dykes Beasley


Words linked to "Prairie schooner" :   waggon, train, wagon, wagon train, caravan


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