flat wheel
Example Sentences
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"Can't you run on a flat wheel?" asked Ralph anxiously.
From The Border Boys Across the Frontier by Goldfrap, John Henry
And as "Lady" told of the beauty of the meadow where we had been delayed "almost two hours by an old flat wheel, or something like that—isn't that the term, Mr. Crosby?"
From The Professor's Mystery by Hastings, Wells
If they are markedly short, the result will be a monotonous, choppy, jolting effect, like a flat wheel on a street-car.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)
An occasional Madison Avenue car could be heard ringing along the cold rails, or rhythmically bounding down hill on a flat wheel.
From The Happiest Time of Their Lives by Miller, Alice Duer
Moreover the gout in his bad foot troubled him more and more, and he ceased to get much satisfaction from rolling around on a "flat wheel" and scaring people with his tracks.
From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Kelly, Allen
