pushcart

noun

push·​cart ˈpu̇sh-ˌkärt How to pronounce pushcart (audio)
: a cart or barrow pushed by hand

Examples of pushcart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Elliott nudged Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, with the pushcart, which prompted Avalos to throw a shoe at him, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said in the statement. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023 Elliott ducked, retrieved a gun from the pushcart, and fired three shots, the DA said. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023 In 2016, owner Vince McCaffrey, who got his start selling books from a pushcart on the streets of Boston, moved the bookshop to a 250-year-old post-and-beam barn in Lee, N.H. Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023 The ordinance defines food establishments as spaces that offer the sale of food or beverages to the public on or off the premises, a pushcart, stand or vehicle. Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2023 An ice cream pushcart, with paletas and toppings, is expected to launch soon for additional dessert service; brunch is planned for late spring with chilaquiles, tequila bloody Marys and more. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023 Travis Boersma and his brother Dane started their chain of drive-thru coffee kiosks with a single pushcart in 1992. oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2021 Bruce Reichelt went to high school in Grants Pass, hometown of the Dutch Bros drive-thru coffee chain, and remembers when the business consisted of a single pushcart. oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2021 His videos have featured people selling elote, grilled Mexican street corn, at a foldable table, a man selling produce from the trunk of his car and folks selling paletas from a pushcart. Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pushcart was in 1853

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“Pushcart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pushcart. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

pushcart

noun
push·​cart ˈpu̇sh-ˌkärt How to pronounce pushcart (audio)
: a cart pushed by hand

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