Scotch cart, noun phrase

Forms:
Also with small initial.
Origin:
South African Dutch, GermanShow more Calqued on South African Dutch skotskar (adaptation of German schuttkarren tip cart).
A small, stout, springless, two-wheeled tip cart which is horse- or ox-drawn and used mainly for transporting rough materials such as refuse, gravel, or manure. Also attributive.
1845 Cape of G.H. Almanac & Annual Register (advt)Best Scotch Carts and wheelbarrows made to order.
1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Yrs N. of Orange River 96The following is a diamond-seeker’s outfit, as given in a colonial paper: ‘A Scotch cart; waggon axles; a long tom; three sheets of iron,..tools, [etc.].’
1882 C. Du Val With Show through Sn Afr. II. 191He was the proud possessor of a two-wheeled vehicle, known colonially as a Scotch cart, though where the connection between it and ‘Caledonia stern and wild’ exists, I never could make out.
1894 E. Glanville Fair Colonist 124The vast pile of manure..had been partially removed, and a couple of native boys were now returning..with a Scotch cart for another load.
1909 Lady S. Wilson S. Afr. Mem. 311We were..accompanied by the (in Africa) familiar ‘Scotch cart’...This is a strong cart on two wheels, drawn by bullocks, and its usual pace is about two and a half miles an hour. It apparently possesses the delightful qualification of being able to travel on any road, no matter how rough, without breaking down or turning over.
1914 Farmer’s Annual 96A Scotch cart is very severe on the after-oxen when the brake is fast, going down hill.
1919 Dunell, Ebden & Co.’s Price List Aug. 35Felloes...Scotch Cart, White Pear, 2/8.
1937 B.H. Dicke Bush Speaks 305A Scotch cart is a most uncomfortable conveyance to travel in. It is a springless, badly balanced box affair on two wheels, too short to lie down in.
1949 Cape Argus 14 May (Mag. Sect.) 2At first a few skins were sent in from farms, then..they began to arrive in sugar pockets..and finally by the Scotch-cart load.
1967 E.M. Slatter My Leaves Are Green 32Standing between the tents were carts of all descriptions — post-carts, Cape carts, ‘spiders’, scotch carts, [etc.].
1977 Fair Lady 16 Mar. 63Two short..television films about the war. One showed the aftermath of a landmine explosion on a scotch cart carrying little children.
1983 Argus 15 Feb.Mr Mkomo surprised residents of Plumtree by walking to the town from his village, 90 km away, towing a scotch-cart full of ‘macimbi’ (edible caterpillars).
A small, stout, springless, two-wheeled tip cart which is horse- or ox-drawn and used mainly for transporting rough materials such as refuse, gravel, or manure. Also attributive.
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