English Explanatory Dictionary

wheel-barrow man

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A convict sentenced to hard labor in the 1800s, especially one sentenced to work maintaining the roads.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wheel-barrow, man.; a man working with a wheel-barrow.

Word forms

wheel-barrow man wheel-barrow men
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