Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. See
wagon , etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, rare Alternative spelling of
wagon . - verb UK, rare Alternative spelling of
wagon .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
- noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
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Examples
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The driver was a young giant, and when he climbed on his load and poised a lump of coal in both hands, a policeman, who was just scaling the waggon from the side, let go and dropped back to earth.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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The waggon is instantly pulled up, and you fire balls.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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This led to the enlargement of the vehicle, which became known as a waggon, and it was mounted on four wheels instead of two.
Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858
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The following day I made the march on a bullock-waggon, which is really
With Rimington L. March Phillipps
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THE rattel-waggon, which is a kind of a long waggon set with benches, carried us in four hours of travel to the great city of Rotterdam.
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About three hundred yards from the waggon was the crest of a rise covered with single mimosa-trees, dotted about in a park-like fashion, and beyond this was
Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners) Percy Addleshaw 1891
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About three hundred yards from the waggon was the crest of a rise covered with single mimosa trees, dotted about in a park-like fashion, and beyond this was
Long Odds Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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She is mounted in the great canvas-covered waggon, which is quite a caravan in every respect.
Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Gordon Stables 1875
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The rattel-waggon, which is a kind of a long waggon set with benches, carried us in four hours of travel to the great city of
Catriona Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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That last night in the waggon was the most uncomfortable Nic had passed.
First in the Field A Story of New South Wales George Manville Fenn 1870
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