dog cart
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A dog cart (sense 1)
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A dog cart (sense 2) in the Netherlands with horses in tandem
Alternative forms
- dogcart
- dog-cart
Pronunciation
Noun
- A cart drawn by a dog.
- 1872 January, Junius Henri Browne, “Holland and the Hollanders”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XLIV, number CCLX, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], page 176:
- hague fisherman and dog-cart. […] The fishermen convey their fish to the Hague in carts drawn by dogs (the animals are large and strong); and when they have completed their sales, return home in the empty carts drawn by their canine steeds.
- A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two transverse seats back to back. The rear seat originally closed up to form a box for carrying dogs.
- 1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
- At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us.
- 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 57:
- While Kitto chatted to William, Jessamy looked with interest at the dog cart. It had a pair of high wooden wheels with two seats back to back above. Between the shafts the bay mare tossed her head and fidgeted on the cobbles.
Synonyms
Translations
cart drawn by a dog
Further reading
Dogcart (dog-drawn) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Dogcart on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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