spring wagon

noun

Definition of spring wagonnext
as in jolt-wagon

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  1. dray
  2. wagon
  3. oxcart
  4. 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
  • Guests can now have the Maine camping getaway of their dreams in a covered wagon, two of which are available for the upcoming camping season.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Its 45 larger-than-life figures—cowboys on horseback, women riding sidesaddle, and lots of covered wagons— make up one of the world’s largest bronze sculpture installations.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
Definition of wagon
Noun
  • 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
Definition of oxcart
Noun
  • Jerry Lau’s career began at 14 in New York City’s Chinatown, pushing dim sum carts and learning the craft of barbecue.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The No Boundaries sneakers have over 3,200 five-star ratings and are currently in hundreds of shoppers’ carts, so they’re bound to sell quickly.
    — Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of cart
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