hand truck
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hand truck
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Some nights, she peeks outside her tent and sees the trucks unload the goods, and other times she can hear people hauling the produce onto the street by wheelbarrow or hand truck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
Did I share that some have the ability to connect to an integral two-wheeled hand truck to transport them to a job site?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
He moved to Harlem with his mother and a sister when he was 10 and eventually got a job pushing a hand truck in the garment district.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
There are different types of dollies, including one designed for moving appliances; a hand truck made for moving boxes; and a flat floor dolly made for moving furniture.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022
Zach grabbed the hand truck and wheeled it out as fast as he could to start unloading the supers from the honey wagon.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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