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dog carts

dog carts is the plural of dog cart.

Meaning of dog cart

Noun

dog cart (plural dog carts)

  1. A cart drawn by a dog.
    • hague fisherman and dog-cart. […] The fishermen convey their fish to the Hague in carts drawn by dogs (the animals are large and strong); and when they have completed their sales, return home in the empty carts drawn by their canine steeds.1872 January, Junius Henri Browne, “Holland and the Hollanders”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XLIV, number CCLX, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], page 176
  2. A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two transverse seats back to back. The rear seat originally closed up to form a box for carrying dogs.
    • “I want to speak to Ted,” moaned Mrs. Boulte, but the dog-cart rattled on, and Kurrell was left on the road, shamed, and boiling with wrath against Mrs. Boulte.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 75

Questions about dog carts

What is dog carts the plural of?
Dog carts is the plural of dog cart.

Words near dog carts in the dictionary

  1. dog bone wrenches
  2. dog bones
  3. dog bread
  4. dog breeding
  5. dog cart
  6. dog carts
  7. dog chew
  8. dog chews
  9. dog collar
  10. dog collars
  11. dog daisies

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