wheel horse

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hweel, weel hawrs]
- /ʰwil, wil hɔrs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hweel, weel hawrs]
- /ʰwil, wil hɔrs/

Definitions of wheel horse words

noun wheel horse Also called wheeler. a horse, or one of the horses, harnessed behind others and nearest the front wheels of a vehicle. 1
noun wheel horse Chiefly South Atlantic States. the left-hand horse of a pair hitched to a wagon or plow. 1
noun wheel horse Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a reliable, diligent, and strong worker. 1
noun wheel horse the horse, or one of the horses, harnessed nearest the front wheels of a vehicle 0
noun wheel horse a person who works especially hard and steadily in any enterprise 0

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Origin of wheel horse

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1700-10

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Parts of speech for Wheel horse

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wheel horse

wheel horse popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

wheel horse usage trend in Literature

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