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Old 14-01-18, 01:29
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Interesting word - no doubt from "drag"

I had never heard it until this thread but within a few days I saw reference to a "drug" on the battlefield in France in WW1 hauling a huge siege gun.

I found the reference I put up above on Google but I think it is one of the more simple mysteries of word origin.

The park drag carriage was a lighter, more elegant version of the Road Coach. A park drag (or simply drag) is also known as a "private coach" as it was owned by private individuals for their own personal driving. A park drag has seats on its top and is usually driven to a team of four well-matched carriage horses.

Maybe it comes from Mr Gurney who invented a use for his steam engine - "The Gurney Drag"



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