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BRITZSKA, or BRITSKA (from the Polish bryczka; a diminutive of bryka, a goods-wagon)
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BRITZSKA, or BRITSKA (from the Polish bryczka; a diminutive of bryka, a goods-wagon), a form of carriage, copied in England from Austria early in the 19th century; as used in Poland and Russia it had four wheels, with a long wicker-work body constructed for reclining and a calash (hooded) top.