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wheelman

[weel-muhn, hweel-] / ˈwil mən, ˈʰwil- /
NOUN
navigator
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The former wheelman retired 18 years ago to run a luxury car service in New Orleans.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2024

“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,” Hendrick said.

From Washington Post Nov. 7, 2021

“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

This is the legacy bequeathed to him by his father, Anthony “Ant” Montage, another ace wheelman who skipped town when Beauregard was 13.

From New York Times Jul. 17, 2020

"Make the course north north-east, Morris," he shouted to the wheelman.

From Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing by Optic, Oliver

It’s a murder of the English language in hopes of buying time for the wheelmen to start the getaway car.

From Washington Post Mar. 25, 2021

They chugged past dim, pine-spiked shores until the sky greyed into day and the wheelmen could pick out the flag-topped buoys that marked their submerged nets.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wheelmen would probably retort that, like Goldsmith's sprightly heroine, they "stoop to conquer."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 by Various

Passing this, and entering the village, you come upon the green where stands the old Wright Tavern, a popular place for wheelmen to dine.

From Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 by Various

Bang of the lastlap bell spurred the halfmile wheelmen to their sprint.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James




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