An American term that literally refers to a horse-drawn carriage, but is far more commonly used as a figurative adjective meaning old-fashioned, outdated, or hopelessly behind the times. Calling something 'horse-and-buggy' is a colourful way of saying it belongs to a previous era — whether you're talking about a company's technology, someone's attitudes, or a bureaucratic process that hasn't been updated in decades. The phrase conjures the image of pre-automobile America and contrasts it with the modern world.
Their invoicing system is completely horse-and-buggy — everything is still done on paper and faxed over.
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(American) A horse and carriage.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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