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handcart

American  
[hand-kahrt] / ˈhændˌkɑrt /

noun

  1. a small cart drawn or pushed by hand.


handcart British  
/ ˈhændˌkɑːt /

noun

  1. a simple cart, usually with one or two wheels, pushed or drawn by hand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of handcart

First recorded in 1630–40; hand + cart


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The footage showed a man prosecutors identified as Sterling coming and going, using a handcart to drag a large object under a blanket through the garage doors.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2022

A labourer pulls a handcart loaded with sacks of lentils at a grain market in Ahmedabad, India, July 12, 2018.

From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2022

Firefighters pulled an elderly man in a handcart, and police helped others across.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2022

Equipped with an acoustic guitar and a handcart, the pair have raised thousands of pounds for Moray-based rewilding charity Trees for Life.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2021

Betsie and I had to push a heavy handcart to a railroad siding where we unloaded large metal plates from a boxcar and wheeled them to a receiving gate at the factory.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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