wagon

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

— off the wagon

: in or into a state of no longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages <fell off the wagon>

— on the wagon

: in or into a state of abstaining from alcoholic beverages

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