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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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.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
When the last coffin came alone upon the handbarrow, Crofts accompanied it, followed by two little girls.
From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
The first one was put upon a long handbarrow, over which the captain had previously spread a tablecloth, and, followed by the ladies, was deposited by the side of the body of Red.
From Romance of California Life by John Habberton
Our trunks were put into a handbarrow, and wheeled by two men a few hundred yards, the whole occupying half an hour of time.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
Our men had nothing better to carry them on than a handbarrow with canvass laid across it.
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Sir J. M. (James MacPherson) Le Moine
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