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eighteen-wheeler

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eight⋅een-wheel⋅er

[ey-teen-hwee-ler, -wee-]
–noun
a large tractor-trailer, usually having ten wheels on the cab and eight on the trailer.
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eight·een-wheel·er   (ā'tēn-hwē'lər, -wē'-)
n.   Informal
A combination of a tractor and a semitrailer; a tractor-trailer rig.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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eighteen-wheeler

  1. n.
    a large trailer truck. (There are a total of eighteen wheels on the cab and trailer.) : An eighteen-wheeler almost ran me off the road.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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