wheeler-dealer

[ hwee-ler-dee-ler, wee- ]

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nounInformal.

a person who wheels and deals.

Origin of wheeler-dealer

First recorded in 1950–55

Sometimes wheel·er and deal·er .

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How to use wheeler-dealer in a sentence

This has given Cuccinelli plenty of ammunition to attack him as an unsavory wheeler-dealer.
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As a matter of fact, I have to say there are much more wheeler-dealer in China.
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Chief among the American double agents was Jorgé José Mosquera, an Argentinian wheeler-dealer based in Hamburg.
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British Dictionary definitions for wheeler-dealer

wheeler-dealer

noun

informal a person who wheels and deals

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