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The handbarrow, also spelled hand-barrow and hand barrow, is a type of human-powered transport. It was originally a flat, rectangular frame used to carry loads such as salt cod , cheese and guano . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has handles on both ends, so two people are needed to use it.
A hand truck. A hand truck, also known as a hand trolley, dolly, stack truck, trundler, box cart, sack barrow, cart, sack truck, two wheeler, or bag barrow, is an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand truck is upright. [1]
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A wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled load-bearing vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles at the rear. The term "wheelbarrow" is made of two words: "wheel" and "barrow." "Barrow" is a derivation of the Old English "barew" which was a device used for carrying loads.
D-shaped barrow – round barrow with a purposely flat edge at one side often defined by stone slabs. Disc barrow; Fancy barrow – generic term for any Bronze Age barrows more elaborate than a simple hemispherical shape. Long barrow; Oval barrow – a Neolithic long barrow consisting of an elliptical, rather than rectangular or trapezoidal mound.
"Mush-fakers" and ginger-beer makers at Clapham Common, 1877 by John Thomson. A costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables in British towns. . The term is derived from the words costard (a medieval variety of apple) [1] and monger (seller), and later came to be used to describe hawkers in general
Frederick Barrow Hand (October 26, 1904 – January 5, 1978), also known as Fred Hand, was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives . He also served as a member for the 8th district of the Georgia State Senate .
Hand-barrow Originally, "barrows" suspended the load on poles carried by two people, one in front and one behind. " Wheelbarrows " are first cited by the Oxford English Dictionary to the 14th century, and in the 15th century the term hand-barrow arose to refer to the older sort of barrow, but in the British Isles the more common version was ...