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English Idioms :: wagon
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wagon.html - See: FIX SOMEONE'S WAGON, HITCH ONE'S WAGON TO A STAR, JUMP ON THE BAND WAGON, OFF THE WAGON, ON THE WAGON. |
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Traditional English :: wagon
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wagon.html - n. (also Brit. waggon) 1 a four-wheeled vehicle for heavy loads, often with a removable tilt or cover. 2 Brit. a railway vehicle for goods, esp. an open truck. 3 a trolley for conveying tea etc. 4 (in full water-wagon) a vehicle for carrying water. 5 US a light horse-drawn vehicle. 6 colloq. a motor car, esp. an estate car. on the wagon (or water-wagon) sl. teetotal. wagon-roof (or -vault) = barrel vault. [earlier wagon, wag(h)en, f. Du. wag(h)en, rel. to OE wógn WAIN] |
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Traditional English :: wagon-lit
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wagon.html - n.
(pl. wagons-lits pronunc. same) a sleeping-car on a Continental railway. [F] |
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Traditional English :: wagoner
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wagon.html - n.
(also Brit. waggoner) the driver of a wagon. [Du. wagenaar (as WAGON)] |
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Traditional English :: wagonette
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wagon.html - n.
(also Brit. waggonette) a four-wheeled horse-drawn pleasure vehicle, usu. open, with facing side-seats. |
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English Idioms :: wagon
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wagon.html - See: FIX SOMEONE'S WAGON, HITCH ONE'S WAGON TO A STAR, JUMP ON THE BAND WAGON, OFF THE WAGON, ON THE WAGON. |
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