ice wagon
Cold block hauler
An ice wagon was a horse-drawn vehicle used to deliver blocks of ice for household refrigeration before electric refrigerators became common.
The iceman would make regular rounds, chipping off blocks to fit customers' iceboxes.
The phrase survives mainly in slow as an ice wagon for something moving at a frustrating pace.
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- icemanFrozen block deliverer
- deliverymanOne who transports goods
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- sawdustPowdery timber waste
drip pan · peddler · street vendor · insulated · wooden · nineteenth-century · bygone · vintage
Cold food storage chest
- icehouseFrozen block repository
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- meltwaterWater from melted ice
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
perishables · food preservation · dairy · cooling · chill · temperature control · frozen
Stored past experiences
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- summertimeWarmest part of year
- neighborhood kidsChildren living close by
- simpler timesIdealized past era
Americana · reminiscence · sentimental · old days · grandparents · stories · sepia · Norman Rockwell
Path from A to B
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- doorstepEntrance's bottom ledge
- householdDomestic unit of residents
subscription · window sign · pounds · weight · tongs · loading · unloading · customers
horse-drawn
Powered by equines
- icemanFrozen block deliverer
- deliverymanOne who transports goods
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
sawdust · drip pan · peddler · street vendor · insulated · wooden · nineteenth-century · bygone · vintage · antique
icebox
Cold food storage chest
- icehouseFrozen block repository
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- meltwaterWater from melted ice
insulation · perishables · food preservation · dairy · cooling · chill · temperature control · frozen
memories
Stored past experiences
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- summertimeWarmest part of year
- neighborhood kidsChildren living close by
simpler times · Americana · reminiscence · sentimental · old days · grandparents · stories · sepia · Norman Rockwell · small-town
route
Path from A to B
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- doorstepEntrance's bottom ledge
household · subscription · window sign · pounds · weight · tongs · loading · unloading · customers · morning delivery