po'chaise, po'chay, pochay
colloq. contractions of post-chaise.
| 1827 Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. iv, Its associations of ‘pochays’ and mail-coaches. 1871 G. Meredith H. Richmond I. 135 There was a saying in the county that to marry a Beltham you must po'chay her. Ibid. 158 ‘She's past po'chaises’, Squire Gregory sighed. |