six-wheeler
Americannoun
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a truck or other vehicle having six wheels.
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Citizens Band Radio Slang.
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a small truck.
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a passenger car pulling a trailer.
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Etymology
Origin of six-wheeler
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Specifically, Alana is operating a Ford truck, a hulking six-wheeler with the front painted an incongruously sporty orange and blue.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2022
My father is lifting me from the overturned six-wheeler, out through the driver's-side window and into a sky filled with swirling dust.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2021
Before the war, Timken-Detroit, the only U.S. company making high-traction gears for all-wheel-drive trucks, had three machines, each turning out twelve pinions an hour � enough for one six-wheeler.
From Time Magazine Archive
The G.M.A. has five jeeps, seven G.M.C. six-wheeler trucks, two radios.
From Time Magazine Archive
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