fourgon

noun

four·​gon

fürgōⁿ

plural fourgons

-ōⁿ(z)

: a wagon for carrying baggage

you look through the glassed-in windows of the promenade and see the last fourgons loaded

—Christopher Morley

Word History

Etymology

French, wagon for carrying baggage, poker, from Old French forgon poker, from forgier, furgier to search, rummage, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin furicare, irregular from Latin fur thief

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