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  • noun Plural form of wheelbarrow.

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Examples

  • The money in wheelbarrows thing in Weimar Germany occurred, of course, because the German government, for a variety of reasons, purposefully printed its currency into worthlessness.

    Matthew Yglesias » Kinsley’s Transcendental Deduction of Hyperinflation 2010

  • Apart from what you find being sold in wheelbarrows on Sunday mornings, there is little FRESH produce in Joco.

    Lakeside Mall update 2007

  • One refugee, even a crowd of refugees, if you like, pushing their children and their possessions in wheelbarrows in front of them - this we understand.

    The Nobel Peace Prize 1922 - Presentation Speech 1922

  • Alternatively, the equipment could be owned by a contractor, who would transport it from site to site in addition to other equipment, such as wheelbarrows and scaffolding.

    Chapter 11 1987

  • Fresh concrete mix has to be carried to the footing trench in water-tight containers such as wheelbarrows: no water should seep out of the mixture:

    Chapter 6 1977

  • We were conducted through the most open parts of scrubs by our guides, who were made to comprehend clearly how desirable that was for our "wheelbarrows;" and after travelling about seven miles, they pointed to a line of trees as the "Narran," beyond an extensive open country, which had a singular appearance from being higher than that we were upon.

    Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Thomas Mitchell 1823

  • Next, we pass by the "wheelbarrows," the remote-controlled robots on tracks, the latest in bomb-disabling technology.

    Charlottesville Blogs » Arts and Entertainment Dimiter Kenarov 2010

  • Loan Use: to purchase harvesting equipment such as wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes, baskets, and knives

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • Pueata needs a loan of WST $2500 to purchase harvesting equipment such as wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes, baskets, and knives.

    Kiva Loans 2010

  • Registered schools can then redeem their points for a range of gardening tools, seeds and equipment such as wheelbarrows, water tanks and compost bins to help their school's veggie patch flourish.

    NZ On Screen 2010

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