billy cart
billy cart noun: a rudimentary child's cart; a soapbox car.
Noun
billy cart (plural billy carts)
- A rudimentary child's cart; a soapbox car.
- Whether you call them billy carts or soap-box racers, they're one and the same: homemade, four-wheeled, motorless racers that depend on a downhill course for their speed. […] In Coffs Harbour, Australia, for example, the Rotary Club recently held its third annual Billy Cart Derby for cars in two...1954 December, Rotary Reporter: Brief Items on Club Activities around the World, The Rotarian, page 38
- It was in the billy cart, I suppose, that I had my first-ever races.2004, Jack Brabham, Doug Nye, The Jack Brabham Story, page 19
Forms of billy cart
| plural | billy carts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | billy-cart |
Origin of billy cart
From billy (“male goat”) + cart, referring to the former practice of hitching a cart behind a large goat.
Questions about billy cart
- What does billy cart mean?
- Billy cart means a rudimentary child's cart; a soapbox car.
- What part of speech is billy cart?
- Billy cart is a noun.
- What is the plural of billy cart?
- The plural of billy cart is billy carts.
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