wheeler-dealer
[ hwee-ler-dee-ler, wee- ]
nounInformal.
a person who wheels and deals.
Origin of wheeler-dealer
1First recorded in 1950–55
- Sometimes wheel·er and deal·er .
Words Nearby wheeler-dealer
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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.
As a matter of fact, I have to say there are much more wheeler-dealer in China.
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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