mancart

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noun

A cart propelled by one or more men.

Scrabble 11

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nounmancart (plural mancarts)

plural mancarts · alternative man-cart

  1. A cart propelled by one or more men.

    Through the kindness of Charles Cookson, the English consul at Constantinople, Schliemann procured ten mancarts, unique vehicles pushed by two men and drawn by a third.

    1967, Lynn Poole, Gray Johnson Poole, One Passion, Two Loves: The Schliemanns of Troy, page 105
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    In his field journal, he estimated that since his preliminary dig in 1870, he and Sophia had removed more than a quarter of a million cubic meters of earth by wheelbarrow, mancart, and oxcart.

    1974, Arnold C. Brackman, The Dream of Troy, page 151

    But Meshaq felt it was more imposing and impressive to the populace to be pulled by men. The usual royal retinue extended before and after the mancart, the royal bodyguards just adjacent to the cart, an army contingent next to them, various members of the court in a group, the minister of religion, and the minister of royal buildings, ...

    1994, Arthur H. Niehoff, On Becoming Human: A Journey of 5,000,000 Years, →ISBN, page 147

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APA

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