Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a female costermonger.

1771

Smollett Humphrey Clinker (1925) I 158: I saw a dirty barrow-bunter in the street cleaning her dusty fruit with her own spittle.

a clumsy, ungainly person.

1889–90		Barrère & Leland Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant.
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.

(Aus.) absolutely one’s business, just what one wants.

1913		Truth (Sydney) 15 June 9/1I: If neither of the latter ungeographic spots suited one's complexion, he could hark back to Austtralia. This would be right into my barrow.
1917		Sth Coast Times (NSW) 21 Dec. 21/1: The Lewis gun [...] was a great weapon, and Fritz’s first counter attack was ‘right into my barrow,’ at 5O yards range.
1936		‘Banjo’ Paterson Shearer’s Colt 121: A lot of ’em think this horse can’t sprint, so they’ll run it as slow as they can and try to beat him in the run home. That’s right into my barrow.
1940		Truth (Brisbane) 2 June 5/1: That resulted in a flag start, and as I had had a lot of experience of flag starts at bush meetings [...] that was right Into my barrow; I was first out and first home.
1955		Biz (Fairfield, NSW) 30 Nov. 28/1: Ken is their son [...] apprenticed in the southern city to a scale-making firm. Right into my barrow; so off we went,.