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car•ret•a
(kə ret′ə),USA pronunciation n. [Southwestern U.S.]
- Transport, Dialect Termsa simple two-wheeled oxcart.
- American Spanish, Spanish, equivalent. to carr(o) cart, car1 + -eta noun, nominal suffix (compare -ette)
- 1835–45; American;