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Definition of Pushcart
1. Noun. Wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels. "Their pushcart was piled high with groceries"
Specialized synonyms: Applecart, Barrow, Garden Cart, Lawn Cart, Wheelbarrow, Hand Truck, Truck, Laundry Cart, Serving Cart, Shopping Cart
Terms within: Grip, Handgrip, Handle, Hold
Generic synonyms: Wheeled Vehicle
Derivative terms: Cart
Definition of Pushcart
1. Noun. A small cart, normally with two or four wheels, that can be pushed by hand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pushcart
1. a light cart pushed by hand [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushcart
Literary usage of Pushcart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Mass Boston Cooking School (Boston, Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1914)
"XVIII MARCH, 1914 Women of the pushcart Markets By Jeanette Young Norton STREET
peddlers are known the world over, but in no other city do the so-called ..."
2. Workers of the Nation: An Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American by Gilson Willets (1903)
"... Fruit Market—Fruit Auction Sales and pushcart Men—California Fruit—The Watermelon
Industry—The Apple Industry— The Berry Industry—The Grape Industry—The ..."
3. Mathematical Construction, Informal Number Work for Busy Hands: Grades One by Nora Louise Laffin (1911)
"LESSON XXX pushcart—RULERS : 7"5"4"1"2". Materials: Stiff school paper 9"x6".
j Ask children how long and wide the paper is without using any ruler. ..."
4. Lower Living Costs in Cities: A Constructive Programme for Urban Efficiency by Clyde Lyndon King (1915)
"In need of as careful supervision as the market itself are the vendor and the
pushcart peddler. The cheapest retail store of the day is the pushcart, ..."
5. Markets for the People: The Consumer's Part by James William Sullivan (1913)
"From the basket to the pushcart grade of vendor is a considerable step upward in
... Cart, scales and price-cards constitute a pushcart dealer's equipment. ..."
6. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to s>eU, vend, or peddle
Ice cream, Ices, or other frozen dainties from any wagon, pushcart, ..."
7. The Road to France: The Transportation of Troops and Military Supplies, 1917 by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"Suppose there was a wooden-wheel factory engaged upon contracts for the production
of artillery wheels, wagon wheels, and pushcart wheels. ..."
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