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handcart

[ hand-kahrt ]

noun

  1. a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.


handcart

/ ˈæԻˌɑː /

noun

  1. a simple cart, usually with one or two wheels, pushed or drawn by hand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of handcart1

First recorded in 1630–40; hand + cart
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There are motorised vehicles like cars, buses and motorcycles vying for space with non-motorised transport such as bicycles, cycle rickshaws and handcarts, animal-drawn carts, pedestrians and stray animals.

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The two boys, aged 2 and 4, romped through the labyrinth of La Soledad, under lines of drying laundry, past deliverymen pushing stacked handcarts and carpenters hammering away at tottering structures.

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So Michael builds a handcart for her to travel in - and they set off from Cape Town through the Karoo semi-desert.

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Wangila said the 27-year-old was struck on Thursday while at work, pushing a handcart of water cans instead of taking part in the national demonstrations called by the political opposition.

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Half of its body trailed along the ground as Zvezda backed around and aimed himself at the handcart.

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