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  • noun a person who makes carts; a wainwright

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Examples

  • The cartwright was a squat man, made even broader by eight decades of hard physical labour.

    The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

  • The cartwright was a taciturn individual, although not sullen; he seemed simply to be unwilling to part with too many words.

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

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  • Half an hour later, when Barakka the village cartwright drove his wagon into the courtyard he found Edeard and Akeem standing beside five tarpaulins with the reshaped cats lying on them.

    The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

  • "You must go somewhere there is a cartwright; I do not have the equipment to fix a vehicle such as yours."

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • Kestrel left her to clean herself up, and joined the cartwright in the clear and rain-washed morning.

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • They shook hands on it, and the cartwright departed with his promised fifty pieces of silver.

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • The bird in the tree above them, who had been silent while the cartwright was prodding the wagon, burst into song, and she looked up and smiled at it.

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • The cartwright nodded and strode briskly off down the lane towards the cluster of buildings at the front of the Waymeet, presumably to get his partner, tools, and the new axle.

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • The cartwright (whose name Kestrel still did not know) nodded, respect in his eyes, presumably that Robin was so well-informed.

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

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