wheeler-dealer

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

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noun Informal.

a person who wheels and deals.

Sometimes wheel·er and deal·er.

Origin of wheeler-dealer

First recorded in 1950–55

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Related Words for wheeler-dealer

operator, strategist, gamesman

Examples from the Web for wheeler-dealer

Contemporary Examples of wheeler-dealer

Chief among the American double agents was Jorgé José Mosquera, an Argentinian wheeler-dealer based in Hamburg.
War’s Most Powerful Weapon: Double Agents from WWII to Al Qaeda
Ben Macintyre
July 28, 2012

British Dictionary definitions for wheeler-dealer

wheeler-dealer

noun

informal a person who wheels and deals

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