- pushcart
- noun Date: 1864 a cart or barrow pushed by hand
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pushcart
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pushcart — ☆ pushcart [poosh′kärt΄ ] n. a cart pushed by hand, esp. one used by street vendors … English World dictionary
Pushcart — A pushcart is a type of cart that is pushed.Pushcart may also refer to: * Pushcart Press * Pushcart Prize * The Pushcart War , a 1964 children s book by Jean Merrill … Wikipedia
pushcart — UK [ˈpʊʃˌkɑː(r)t] / US [ˈpʊʃˌkɑrt] noun [countable] Word forms pushcart : singular pushcart plural pushcarts mainly American a small vehicle that you push along by hand a man selling fruit from a pushcart … English dictionary
pushcart — push|cart [ puʃ,kart ] noun count a small vehicle that you push along by hand: a man selling fruit from a pushcart … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pushcart — [[t]p ʊʃkɑː(r)t[/t]] pushcarts N COUNT A pushcart is a cart from which fruit or other goods are sold in the street. [AM] (in BRIT, use barrow) … English dictionary
Pushcart Press — is a publishing house established in 1972 by Bill Henderson (a onetime associate editor at Doubleday) and is perhaps most famous for its Pushcart Prize and for the anthology of prize winners it publishes annually. The press has been honored by… … Wikipedia
Pushcart Prize — The Pushcart Prize is a prestigious American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are… … Wikipedia
Pushcart derby — The Pushcart derby is a popular sporting event held every August in Jamaica where homemade carts that are used for street vending, to transport items or as a racing cart take part in races like the American soap box races. The carts have been… … Wikipedia
pushcart — /poosh kahrt /, n. any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors. [1890 95; PUSH + CART] * * * … Universalium
pushcart — noun A small cart, normally with two or four wheels, that can be pushed by hand … Wiktionary
