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oxcart

American  
[oks-kahrt] / ˈɒksˌkɑrt /

noun

  1. an ox-drawn cart.


Etymology

Origin of oxcart

First recorded in 1740–50; ox + cart

Example Sentences

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The oxcart has played a significant role in Cambodia for centuries, especially for farmers and for the transportation of agricultural goods and people in rural areas.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2024

Nowadays, when oxcart and sailing ship no longer govern governing, Sacramento is still at least symbolically remote from Californians, even though they send their own legislators there.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Yet who will step up to the challenge and act the Alexander to this pop-cultural oxcart?

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2014

Flynn concludes that it is, and the caravan continues slowly through the bush, negotiating trails usually traversed by oxcart.

From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2014

She had never rested her head in a man’s lap before while riding in an oxcart.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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