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pushcart

American  
[poosh-kahrt] / ˈpʊʃˌkɑrt /

noun

  1. any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.

pushcart British  
/ ˈpʊʃˌkɑːt /

noun

  1. Also called: barrow.  a handcart, typically having two wheels and a canvas roof, used esp by street vendors

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Etymology

Origin of pushcart

First recorded in 1890–95; push + cart

Example Sentences

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Dutch Bros started in 1992 with two brothers’ coffee pushcart in the small southern Oregon town of Grants Pass.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

He started by selling two kinds of pizza out of a pushcart to factory workers before opening his restaurant in 1925.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2023

“The pickings were slim, so to speak. But I’m grateful I got some stuff,” said Melt as she packed her food items into a pushcart, preparing for a bus ride home.

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2022

Wheeled into the BAM Fisher on pushcart dollies, they were unceremoniously dropped onto the theater’s tarp-covered floor with a dull thud.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2021

Muthu gestured at a vendor who was dozing in the shade of a pushcart piled high with the ugliest plastic dolls I’d ever seen.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

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