barrow

Example Sentences

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"Is that a marrow on your barrow, Clara?"

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The barrow became two shops in Bethnal Green - with enough money left over to buy Len's parents a greengrocer business in Kent.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

Dr. Obermaier’s survey of the local terrain pointed to the presence of a long barrow, an elongated stone monument to the dead.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

Fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire on Dec. 17, 2010 after a local official confiscated his barrow.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2022

As he left the cobbler’s, his new shoes squeaking on his feet, he saw a peddler pushing a barrow of limes up Cornhill.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes