wheeler-dealer

[ hwee-ler-dee-ler, wee- ]
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nounInformal.
  1. a person who wheels and deals.

Origin of wheeler-dealer

1
First recorded in 1950–55
  • Sometimes wheel·er and deal·er .

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British Dictionary definitions for wheeler-dealer

wheeler-dealer

noun
  1. informal a person who wheels and deals

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