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wheelwright
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Definition:A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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there is a blacksmith's forge and then a wheelwright's, with two or three new carts outside that partly block the way.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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Mr. Wopsle, the clerk at church, was to dine with us; and Mr. Hubble the wheelwright and Mrs. Hubble; and Uncle Pumblechook (Joe's uncle, but Mrs. Joe appropriated him), who was a well-to-do cornchandler in the nearest town, and drove his own chaise-cart.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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