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dogcart

dogcart

9.9
A small two-wheeled cart that a dog pulls to carry people or goods
  • noun
  • /ˈdɔɡˌkɑrt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : carro de perro
  • The farmer used a dogcart to transport fresh vegetables to the market every Saturday.

Examples

  • I've been waiting all afternoon for the dogcart and then I missed it.

    Waterloo Bridge (1940)

  • In the past, children often rode in a dogcart to school while their dogs pulled them along.

  • The old dogcart creaked as the dog trotted down the lane, delivering goods to the nearby village.

Synonyms

cart
vsdogcart
297 1.0

A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things

is a smaller two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a single animal and used historically

Surface Forms

dogcart singular
dogcarts plural

Morphology

dogcart = dog + cart (transparent) = dog + cart

Meaning is directly the combination of 'dog' + 'cart' (a cart pulled by a dog), which a learner can infer from the components.

Etymology

Dogcart is a simple combination of dog and cart, and it originally meant 'a small cart with two wheels pulled by a dog', often used in the past to carry milk or goods. So dogcart still means that kind of little cart.