hand truck
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hand truck
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Did I share that some have the ability to connect to an integral two-wheeled hand truck to transport them to a job site?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
He moved to Harlem with his mother and a sister when he was 10 and eventually got a job pushing a hand truck in the garment district.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
Quarters quite literally rolled in, sometimes in 5-gallon water jugs that had to be carted in on a hand truck, or in 3-1/2-foot-tall banks shaped like Molson beer bottles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2020
It was White, you might remember, who expressed outrage in Brooklyn in April when McGregor took a hand truck and smashed the window of the bus carrying Nurmagomedov and others.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 7, 2018
One of them pushed a cart, a hand truck piled with small wire cages.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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