bread-waggon

Updated: July 21, 2026

It was plain that Jerry had usurped the functions of his cab, and was carrying a "load." Indeed, the figure may be extended and he be likened to a bread-waggon if we admit the testimony of a youthful spectator, who was heard to remark "Jerry has got a bun." From somewhere among the throng in the street or else out of the thin stream of pedestrians a young woman tripped and stood by the cab.

O. Henry - The Four Million