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oxcart

American  
[oks-kahrt] / ˈɒksˌkɑrt /

noun

  1. an ox-drawn cart.

Etymology

Origin of oxcart

First recorded in 1740–50; ox + cart

Example Sentences

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He indicated a row of handsome books—"Seven Weeks in the Sahara, seven dollars; Six Months in a Waggon, six-fifty net; Afternoons in an Oxcart, two volumes, four-thirty, with twenty off."

From Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy by Leacock, Stephen

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