wains

plural of wain
as in wagons
a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling an antique wain that was once used for delivering milk

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Noun
  • Mules on the towpath along the canal could pull a heavy barge at a clip of 4 miles per hour – far faster than the job of dragging wagons over primitive roads.
    Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Chinese investment aims to modernize the 1,156-mile (1,860-kilometer) rail track, locomotives, passenger coaches, and wagons.
    Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Over the past month, Lopez estimated that the group had pulled over 100 carts along the Guadalupe River from Julian Street to Hedding Street, with 15 carts located near the Hedding Street bridge alone.
    Devan Patel, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Etsy and Shopify were announced as initial merchants using Instant Checkout for single-item purchases, with multi-item online carts coming, according to OpenAI.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Wains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wains. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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