as in cart
a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling
harness the horses up to the wagon so I can bring in the hay
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What’s more, Bob Denver once again played the titular character of Dusty, who steered his wagon of seven pioneers off the trail to California.
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
The pair had gone surfing in the iconic leisure wagon the Sunday before the fires erupted, parking it in the Malibu neighborhood, reported The Associated Press.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Aside from the superhuman quarterback, perhaps the most defining feature of the Bills’ wagon of an offense is its obsession with putting a sixth lineman on the field.
—Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Scarlett O’Hara, a wealthy white Southerner, picks her way out of the city, passing the littered remains of wagons and men while vultures hover overhead.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
The pair had gone surfing in the iconic leisure wagon the Sunday before the fires erupted, parking it in the Malibu neighborhood, reported The Associated Press.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Aside from the superhuman quarterback, perhaps the most defining feature of the Bills’ wagon of an offense is its obsession with putting a sixth lineman on the field.
—Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Scarlett O’Hara, a wealthy white Southerner, picks her way out of the city, passing the littered remains of wagons and men while vultures hover overhead.
—Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Wagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagon. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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