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wheelsman

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wheel⋅man

  [hweel-muhn, weel-]
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–noun, plural -men.
1. Also, wheels⋅man  [hweelz-muhn, weel-] . a helmsman or steersman.
2. a rider of a bicycle, tricycle, or the like.
3. Slang.
a. a driver, esp. a chauffeur: The mobster's wheelman was also his bodyguard.
b. a person who drives the getaway car in a holdup or robbery.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; wheel + -man
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wheels·man   (hwēlz'mən, wēlz'-)   
n.  A wheelman.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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