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A grocery store on wheels for anyone who refuses to wait for permission.
means A small cart pushed by hand, typically used by a street vendor to display and sell goods like food or produce.
from A transparent English compound: "push" (Old English pȳscan, to thrust or shove) plus "cart" (likely from Old Norse kartr, a small wagon, a cousin of related Germanic words). The pairing emerged plainly in the 19th century to name exactly what it describes — a cart you push rather than one a horse pulls — and it became the icon of city street vendors hawking fruit, flowers, and food from the curb.
- prize twist
- The Pushcart Prize honors small-press writing, no cart involved
- street empire
- NYC once had thousands feeding immigrant neighborhoods
- hot dog roots
- Ballpark franks began as pushcart sausages
- design steal
- Shopping carts evolved from folding pushcart frames
pushcart prize — annual literary award given to 75+ authors from small presses and magazines since 1976
new york pushcart vendors — thousands of licensed street carts selling food in nyc, operating under specific permits since the 1980s revival
pushcart war — jean merrill's 1964 children's novel about vegetable vendors battling trucks in new york city