wheelman

Example Sentences

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“I never thought I was taking a risk. I know how good he is, I’m just fortunate we were able to get him, and man, what a wheelman he is,” said Hendrick.

From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2021

You see, Bug used to be an expert wheelman, the best getaway driver East of the Mississippi ever since his father left.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2020

But unlike Newman, who took up racing late in life as preparation for the lead in the 1969 classic Winning and willed himself into a first-rate wheelman, Haywood was a natural.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2019

I hate to repeat myself, but this stumble bum and onetime automotive-leasing magnate was supposed to drive the integrity of the game; instead, he was the wheelman for the owners’ getaway car.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2017

The wheelman, who was an old river pilot, was thoroughly acquainted with what he called the “Yukon flats,” and managed to elude 166 the sandbars and sunken islands with considerable dexterity.

From The Boy Scouts on the Yukon by Mencl, Rudolf