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hand-car † 
n. a small car used by section hands on a railway and driven by a geared hand-lever which is pumped up and down.
See also: gas-car speeder (def. 1a)
- 1865 No hand car, or lorry, must be used on the track, under any circumstances, during a fog or snow storm, or within fifteen minutes of the time of a train being due.
- 1933 "So you stole the handcar and came away with it?" said Moore. . . .
- 1963 . . . the Myrtle And Maude was a small paddle-wheel tug. . . . Them big paddles on her was cranked by a walking beam that went up and down like the pump on a railroad hand car.
- 1865 No hand car, or lorry, must be used on the track, under any circumstances, during a fog or snow storm, or within fifteen minutes of the time of a train being due.