oxcart

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Recent Examples of oxcart There was little shelter for the newcomers, and only those with money could obtain oxcarts. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024 Peer into the daily lives of early German Texans The days of freighters and oxcarts making their arduous way across Texas and Mexico from Indianola ended in 1860 when the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad and the Indianola Railroad joined up in Victoria. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024 Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck. — Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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  1. dray
  2. wagon
  3. cart
Noun
  • The situation is especially fraught for the nation’s 75,000 dray operators and other foot soldiers of the supply chain.
    — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • While bikes are permitted, the most efficient way to deliver packages are through dray wagon horse carriages.
    — Dixita Limbachia, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2019
Definition of dray
Noun
  • With the ailing wagon boss strapped into the device, the doc begins slowly excavating.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Bradley's hosts live music, clogging, cane grinding, syrup making, wagon rides, pony rides, and a wide variety of food and arts and crafts.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of wagon
Noun
  • As the two men argued on Sunday, Whyte’s attacker grabbed a gasoline canister from the food cart and emptied it on the victim before starting the blaze, cops say.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Simply go to the My LG Membership rewards page, follow the instructions to sign up, fill your cart, and use code WELCOME20.
    — Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Oxcart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oxcart. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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