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wagon

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wagon /ˈwaɡ(ə)n / (British English also waggon)
noun
1 a vehicle used for transporting goods or another specified purpose:
a timber wagon
a breakdown wagon.
a four-wheeled trailer for agricultural use:
a hay wagon.
British English a railway freight vehicle; a truck:
a milk wagon.
a light horse-drawn vehicle, especially a covered one used by early settlers in North America and elsewhere.
mainly North American English a wheeled cart or hut used as a food stall:
a chip wagon.
a vehicle like a caravan used by travelling people or circus performers.
informal short for station wagon
2 Irish English derogatory an unpleasant or disliked woman.
– PHRASES
fix someone's wagon US English informal
bring about a person's downfall or spoil their chances of success.
off the wagon informal
drinking alcohol again after a period of abstinence:
she fell off the wagon two days after making a resolution to quit.
on the wagon informal
abstaining from drinking alcohol:
he was supposed to be on the wagon
Agnes was thinking of going on the wagon again.
– ORIGIN late 15th century: from Dutch wagen; related to wain.
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