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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.


Etymology

Origin of dumpcart

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


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

From The Water goats and other troubles by Ellis Parker Butler

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 Ambrose Bierce

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 Margaret Penrose

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