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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism.
Yours goes up and mine goes down / and then we do it the other way around. / Don't you give me that sigh, cause if we can't see eye-to-eye / then our missions will be always filled with strife, / cause a handcar is a metaphor for life.
A small handcar rested on the tracks, its iron pump waiting for a human touch to animate it.
Use hand car when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hand car means A light railroad car propelled by a hand-operated pumping mechanism.
Common synonyms include jigger, Kalamazoo, pump car, pump trolley.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yours goes up and mine goes down / and then we do it the other way around. / Don't you give me that sigh, cause if we can't see eye-to-eye / then our missions will be always filled with strife, / cause a handcar is a metaphor for life.
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