handcar
- noun
- /ˈhændˌkɑr/
- Archaic
:
carro de mano
- She used a small handcar to travel between the railroad sections.
Examples
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Get on that handcar and take it down to the end of that line!
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Just as we arrived, the men had rolled the steel section handcar out of the garage.
Fiction book (1993) -
Doggone near lost a $400 handcar.
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It's come so no one asks why you ride the bicycle or pump the handcar along the rusty company spurs in the backwoods.
Fiction book (2000) -
You'll have to ride the handcar out the Nokes spur to the Colony now, see Chase.
Fiction book (2000) -
Museum activities include real-time operation of historic railroad equipment, including train rides, handcar rides, lectures, an annual railroad history symposium, changing exhibits, and a variety of special events.
Blog text (3) -
The workers jumped onto the handcar to inspect the tracks for maintenance.
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During the summer, the crew frequently rode a handcar to reach remote parts of the rail line.
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Etymology
The word handcar combines hand ('hand') and car ('vehicle'). Think of railway workers using their hands to pump or push a small rail car, which is why a handcar is a small vehicle moved by people on the tracks.