Ding-dong cart is a cheerfully retro Massachusetts term for an ice cream truck — the slow-rolling vehicle that cruises residential streets in summer, broadcasting its jingle to lure children outside with change in their fists.
Ding-dong cart is a cheerfully retro Massachusetts term for an ice cream truck — the slow-rolling vehicle that cruises residential streets in summer, broadcasting its jingle to lure children outside with change in their fists. The name perfectly captures the auditory experience of the truck's bell or chimes clanging down the street. Outside of its home region the phrase is largely unknown, but it is warmly nostalgic for those who grew up chasing the ding-dong cart on hot afternoons.
The whole block came alive the moment the kids heard the ding-dong cart turning onto their street.
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(US, Massachusetts) An ice cream truck.
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