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.

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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

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Example Sentences

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pushcart

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

The durable Pink’s Hot Dogs opened as a pushcart on La Brea before the war, in 1939, and put up permanent walls in 1946.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

He glanced over at the pushcart peddler eyeing us suspiciously over her mound of used clothes.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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