billy cart

== English == === Alternative forms === billy-cart === Etymology === From billy (“male goat”) + cart, referring to the former practice of hitching a cart behind a large goat. === Pronunciation === === Noun === billy cart (plural billy carts) (UK, Australia) A rudimentary child's cart; a soapbox car. 1954 December, Rotary Reporter: Brief Items on Club Activities around the World, The Rotarian, page 38, Whether you call them billy carts or soap-box racers, they're one and the same: homemade, four-wheeled, motorless racers that depend on a downhill course for their speed. […] In Coffs Harbour, Australia, for example, the Rotary Club recently held its third annual Billy Cart Derby for cars in two divisions: homemade racers and special championship cars. ==== See also ==== go-cart