handcar

noun

Etymology

From hand + car.

  1. derived from *ḱr̥sós
  2. derived from *karros
  3. derived from *karros
  4. derived from carrus
  5. derived from carre
  6. inherited from carre
  7. compounded as handcar — “hand + car

Definitions

  1. A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism

    • Yours goes up and mine goes down / and then we do it the other way around. / Don't you give me that sigh, cause if we can't see eye-to-eye / then our missions will be always filled with strife, / cause a handcar is a metaphor for life.
    • A small handcar rested on the tracks, its iron pump waiting for a human touch to animate it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA