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Definition of Dustcarts
1. dustcart [n] - See also: dustcart
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dustcarts
Literary usage of Dustcarts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
"(4) Notes on ttie Plants distributed by the Cambridge dustcarts. By IH BURKILL,
BA, Gonville and Caius College. The dust of the Cambridge streets, ..."
2. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1905)
"... that aroused by the Roman dustcarts, which are stamped with the SPQR made
glorious by the military standards of the ancient Republic. ..."
3. Hygiene and public health by Louis Coltman Parkes, Henry Richard Kenwood (1902)
"The non-absorbent walls of iron pails, and the ease with which they can be moved
and carried out to the dustcarts, constitute very great advantages over the ..."
4. Disinfection and the Preservation of Food by Samuel Rideal (1903)
"... they may be used with some advantage in the empty dust-bin after removal, and
over the contents of the dustcarts in their passage through the streets. ..."
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