Welcome Wagon
American-
an organization sponsoring a service in which newcomers in an area are given information about the community, gifts, and sample products of local merchants.
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a vehicle dispensing such material.
Example Sentences
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If Terry Southern’s novel “The Magic Christian” were produced by the folks at the Welcome Wagon, the result might be something like “Amélie.”
From Salon
No welcome wagon greeted them.
From Los Angeles Times
Sunday’s revival proved a potent reminder of why it succeeded so brilliantly then, and why it deserves to become an Oscar tradition for the next 100 years: From Lupita Nyong’o reducing Da’Vine Joy Randolph to tears even before she won for “The Holdovers” to Jennifer Lawrence covering her mouth with her hands in shock when Emma Stone edged out Lily Gladstone, the nostalgia, adulation and, yes, drama of sending an entire welcome wagon of peers to usher winners into the Oscar club turned out to be irresistible still.
From Los Angeles Times
The Welcome Wagon rolled on to goaltender Joey Daccord, but he’d already hit the ice for practice.
From Seattle Times
In the main, however, townsfolk do not roll out the welcome wagon for these slayers for hire.
From Salon
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