Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A light cart pushed by hand.
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- noun A small
cart , normally with two or four wheels, that can bepushed by hand
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels
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Examples
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And facing them on the other side of his pushcart is a fruit peddler named Mel Brooks with a pushcart piled high with fruit.
Dan Agin: Book Review: The Very Strange World of Quantum Physics Dan Agin 2012
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And facing them on the other side of his pushcart is a fruit peddler named Mel Brooks with a pushcart piled high with fruit.
Dan Agin: Book Review: The Very Strange World of Quantum Physics Dan Agin 2012
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And facing them on the other side of his pushcart is a fruit peddler named Mel Brooks with a pushcart piled high with fruit.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dan Agin 2012
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Peñaflorida said that the award was an affirmation of the volunteer work that he and his fellow "pushcart" teachers had rendered to help educate poor young people.
Latest News 2009
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He will use the vernacular of the pushcart which is popular in Indonesia.
TreeHugger 2008
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He will use the vernacular of the pushcart which is popular in Indonesia.
TreeHugger 2008
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On the sidewalk a young Mexican man rings a bell and sells paletas from a large pushcart cooler.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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This independent network of entrepreneurs distributes Coca-Cola's beverage products to retailers, often by bicycle or pushcart.
Muhtar Kent: This Century Goes to the Women Muhtar Kent 2010
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In 1940, as part of an effort to get pushcart vendors off the streets, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia opened the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, among others.
The Mayor of Arthur Avenue Sumathi Reddy 2011
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He started off as a pushcart vendor, buying his cart for $25, according to Joseph and his brother Frank Liberatore .
The Mayor of Arthur Avenue Sumathi Reddy 2011
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