wagon : Idioms & Phrases

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Battery wagon

  • a wagon employed to transport the tools and materials for repair of the carriages, etc., of the battery.
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Beach wagon

  • noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
    station waggon; wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car; waggon.
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  • a light open wagon with two or more seats.
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chuck wagon

  • noun a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys)
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coaster wagon

  • noun a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
    wagon.
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conestoga wagon

  • noun a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
    prairie schooner; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; Conestoga.
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covered wagon

  • noun a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
    prairie schooner; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; Conestoga.
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Forge wagon

  • (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools.
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funny wagon

  • noun an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital
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Goods wagon

  • a freight car Eng. See the Note under Car, n., 2.
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ice wagon

  • noun (formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door
    ice wagon.
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ice-wagon

  • noun (formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door
    ice wagon.
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Lumber wagon

  • a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc.
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milk wagon

  • noun wagon for delivering milk
    milkwagon.
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paddy wagon

  • noun van used by police to transport prisoners
    wagon; police van; paddy wagon; patrol wagon; black Maria.
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patrol wagon

  • noun van used by police to transport prisoners
    wagon; police van; paddy wagon; patrol wagon; black Maria.
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police wagon

  • noun van used by police to transport prisoners
    wagon; police van; paddy wagon; patrol wagon; black Maria.
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prairie wagon

  • noun a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
    prairie schooner; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; Conestoga.
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Spring wagon

  • a wagon in which springs are interposed between the body and the axles to form elastic supports.
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Stage wagon

  • a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods.
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station wagon

  • noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
    station waggon; wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car; waggon.
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tea wagon

  • noun serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments
    tea trolley; teacart; tea cart.
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To cramp the wheels of wagon

  • to turn the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be against the body of the wagon.
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Wagon boiler

  • . See the Note under Boiler, 3.
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Wagon ceiling

  • (Arch.), a semicircular, or wagon-headed, arch or ceiling; sometimes used also of a ceiling whose section is polygonal instead of semicircular.
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Wagon master

  • an officer or person in charge of one or more wagons, especially of those used for transporting freight, as the supplies of an army, and the like.
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Wagon shoe

  • a skid, or shoe, for retarding the motion of a wagon wheel; a drag.
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wagon tire

  • noun a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel
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wagon train

  • noun a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
    caravan; train.
    • we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels
    • they joined the wagon train for safety
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Wagon vault

  • . (Arch.) See under 1st Vault.
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wagon wheel

  • noun a wheel of a wagon
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wagon-headed

Wag"on-head`ed adjective
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  1. Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus as, a wagonheaded ceiling.
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wagon-lit

  • noun a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
    sleeping car; sleeper.
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wagon-roofed

Wag"on-roofed` adjective
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  1. Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.
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water wagon

  • noun a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)
    water waggon.
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welcome wagon

  • noun a wheeled vehicle carrying information and gifts from local merchants for new residents in an area
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