dumpcart

American  

[duhmp-kahrt] / ˈdʌmpˌkɑrt /

noun

1. a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.

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Etymology

Origin of dumpcart

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; dump + cart

Example Sentences

Timothy Fagan was used to animals—for years he had driven a dumpcart.

From The Water goats and other troubles by Butler, Ellis Parker

And Fred never comes downstairs save on his stomach—and on the banisters—and lands on the doormat like a load of brick out of a dumpcart.

From The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air by Penrose, Margaret

A part of it strikes De Young's dumpcart abaft the axletree and flings him, hurtling, skyward, a thing of legs and arms, to descend on the distant mountains, where it is cold.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose