pushmobilen.
/ˈpʊʃmə(ʊ)biːl/, U.S. /ˈpʊʃməˌbil/ North American.
A vehicle that is pushed; (now) esp. a children's cart which is pushed by hand, a soapbox cart.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > toy car for riding in
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1904 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 5 Sept. 10/1 A ‘pushmobile’ occupied the tail of the procession. In this the horse was hitched behind and pushed the wagon ahead of him.
1906 Daily (Connellsville, Pa.) Courier 7 Dec. 8/2 The old hobby horse serves to entertain him, but the new pushmobile would switch his fancy like a flash.
1911 A. N. Hall Handicraft for Handy Boys xxiv. 364 A Pushmobile is a unique form of home-made wagon that has been developed from the simple wagons which the boys used to make for coasting, and for pushing from behind, when the automobile was unknown.
1952 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 31 May (Green Sheet) 2/2 (heading) Try it! An airplane pushmobile.
1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 June (Weekend section) n62 There was a suggestion from a Florida collector..for stamps to celebrate pushmobiles, those contraptions made from orange crates and skates.
2004 News Jrnl. (Wilmington, Delaware) (Nexis) 13 June 3 b Her mom raced pushmobiles as a child, and her grandfather is director of the Wilmington Soap Box Derby Classic.
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1911 Indianapolis Star 12 Aug. 1/3 The managers of the shows are so sanguine that they expect to have their houses filled even before the pushmobile race is over.
1952 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 31 May (Green Sheet) 2/2 In this pushmobile airplane illustration I have not shown dimensions, for no two boys would work this out alike.
1974 J. Heller Something Happened 545 We made push-mobile scooters out of ball-bearing roller skates.
1985 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 2 Nov. The Quapaw Area Council..will sponsor the seventh Cub Scout pushmobile derby at noon today.
2002 Wellsboro (Pa.) Gaz. 9 Oct. 10 a/1 An adult volunteer is needed to coordinate the pushmobile event at Cowanesque Lake on Saturday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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