handbarrow
Americannoun
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a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
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a handcart.
noun
Etymology
Origin of handbarrow
First recorded in 1400–50, handbarrow is from the late Middle English word handberwe. See hand, barrow 1
Example Sentences
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A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
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He went out, took his handbarrow and wheeled it rapidly away.
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Porters, hucksters, errand boys went through with basket and handbarrow, passing across aisles and nave before the very screen that shut in choir and altar.
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The trophy is then replaced on the handbarrow with the gardener, who has to hold it upright, and prevent any accident.
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Our trunks were put into a handbarrow, and wheeled by two men a few hundred yards, the whole occupying half an hour of time.
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