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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Found on the Amherst freecycle website- someone wants a wheel barrel. Could presumably serve the same function as a wheelbarrow, except maybe for transporting liquids instead of solids.
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I just came across this one today on Craigslist (see? It really is a great source for reshapings!):
Free peat gravel. Used for swing set play area. Size covering estimate 7-8 square yards by 6 inches deep. Bring wheel barrel.
I think the problem comes because “barrow” is used today almost exclusively in the context of a wheel barrow.
Wheelborrow is also very common. I suspect that could be an eggcorn as well: It’s a wheeled device used to borrow something.
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nashville.kijiji.com/c-For-sale-Outdoor-garden-Wheelborrow-planters-W0QQAdIdZ45135397 – 43k – Cached – Similar pages
Feeling quite combobulated.
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This one’s already in the Eggcorn Database.
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Ah! Sorry. I checked the forum, I think, and not the database.
Feeling quite combobulated.
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