donkey cart
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- noun
:
carro de burro
- Its roads were laid out when land transportation was by way of horseback, donkey cart, or on foot.
- a donkey cart with a man
- a donkey cart through the streets
Examples
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On the streets of the capital, donkey carts are still a common sight.
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The Archduke of Austria once rode in this donkey cart.
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I ride in the back of his donkey cart.
Fiction book (1995) -
Ten days ago, when you rode from the station in my donkey cart you were pleasant and kind.
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Those streets were made for donkey carts, not twenty-four-foot panel trucks.
Fiction book (1995) -
At the smelter, a train had arrived, and several laborers were plunking bags of lime onto donkey carts.
Fiction book (1997) -
This you will carry in sacks on your backs from your small tunnels to one larger tunnel, where it will be hauled off by donkey cart.
Fiction book (1995) -
Farmers sold most of their paddy to commodities buyers, for few of them were close enough to mills to haul their paddy by donkey cart, giving them little control over their rice.
Academic text (2009) -
Two lean porters in shabby robes waited behind on the embankment, lifting a large packing case from a donkey cart by means of two poles that rested on their shoulders.
Fiction book (1999) -
Men traveling by donkey cart through the Khomani San community in the southern Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
Synonyms
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A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things
A small, light cart with two seats pulled by a pony
A small two-wheeled cart with two seats pulled by a pony
A small two-wheeled cart that a dog pulls to carry people or goods
How Simple
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'donkey cart' is directly compositional from 'donkey' (an animal used for carrying) + 'cart' (a wheeled vehicle), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a cart pulled by a donkey. This compound noun follows a highly regular and cross-linguistically common pattern, making it immediately transparent to learners.
Etymology
Donkey cart shows a clear picture: a small cart hitched to a donkey, carrying people or goods along village roads. Because people saw that simple scene, donkey cart came to mean 'a simple cart pulled by a donkey'.