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wheelwright
1[ hweel-rahyt, weel- ]
Wheelwright
2[ hweel-rahyt, weel- ]
noun
- John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
- John Brooks, 1897–1940, U.S. poet.
wheelwright
/ ˈwiːlˌraɪt /
noun
- a person who makes or mends wheels as a trade
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wheelwright1
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Example Sentences
The wheelwright fells trees "with the gleaming iron," iron being a synonym for axe and for knife.
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At the supper table he was given the seat of honor, Mrs. Wheelwright being on his right and Stella on his left.
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Almost covered by the wood stores of a wheelwright is a doorway with carved spandrils, and a label ending in sculptured heads.
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Dolly Winthrop, the wife of the jolly wheelwright who makes one of the company at the "Rainbow," is no less admirable.
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There was a shoemaker—two of them—a tailor or two, a blacksmith, a wheelwright.
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