- Main Entry:
- 1wag·on

- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈwa-gən\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Dutch wagen, from Middle Dutch — more at wain
- Date:
- 15th century
1 a: a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting bulky commodities and drawn originally by animals b: a lighter typically horse-drawn vehicle for transporting goods or passengers c: paddy wagon2British : a railway freight car3: a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use of a child4: a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room <the dessert wagon>5: a delivery truck <a milk wagon>6: station wagon
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off the wagon : in or into a state of no longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages <fell off the wagon>
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on the wagon : in or into a state of abstaining from alcoholic beverages