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Conestoga wagon
[ kon-uh-stoh-guh, kon- ]
noun
- a large, heavy, broad-wheeled covered wagon, used especially for transporting pioneers and freight across North America during the early westward migration.
Conestoga wagon
/ ˌkɒnɪˈstəʊɡə /
noun
- a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
Word History and Origins
Origin of Conestoga wagon1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Conestoga wagon1
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Example Sentences
Among American inventions the Conestoga wagon must forever be remembered with respect.
These trains are swifter and more agreeable for nomads than the camel of the desert or the Conestoga wagon of the prairie.
It is not certain at this time whether English or German styles influenced the Conestoga wagon most.
Better the times of the Conestoga wagon, when everybody lived fat, than these railroad times, when labor goes around begging.
In a few moments Samson and Peasley arrived, with the latter's team hitched to a Conestoga wagon.
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