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wheel of fortune

wheel of fortune

noun
1.
wheel (def. 9).
2.
a wheel-like gambling device that is rotated or spun to determine the winner of certain prizes.

Origin:
1755–65
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wheel of fortune
 
n
Often shortened to: wheel (in mythology and literature) a revolving device spun by a deity of fate selecting random changes in the affairs of man

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