Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wagon the bed of which rests on springs.
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Examples
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And since he would send, he had this little controversy with my mother which I heard the story of several times, when our washing as we called it, not laundry, our washing was taken to Maggie down the road in the spring-wagon and Maggie's money went in an envelope
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So sure was he that this prediction was correct that he sent the man who was helping him back to the barn with the mule and spring-wagon, and planned to walk himself.
The Heart of Arethusa Francis Barton Fox
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A spring-wagon came up, bearing Colonel Wynch, who was wounded: the
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They were outfitted with three vehicles, two of them drawn by ox teams, in charge of the hired men, and a lighter, spring-wagon, drawn by four mules, the family conveyance, driven by Mr. Wood.
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The spring-wagon person came on without hurry and surveyed us as he came.
Tish 1916
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We went home the following day, which was the time the spring-wagon man was to meet us.
Tish 1916
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I had intended to wander only a short way along the trail, but after I had gone a mile or two it occurred to me as likely that the spring-wagon driver would come back that way before long out of curiosity, and I thought I might leave a message for him to bring out some fresh eggs and leave them there.
Tish 1916
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I was tired to begin with, and after I'd gone about four miles and was limping with a splinter in my heel and no needle to get it out with, I found I still had the fungus message to the spring-wagon person under my arm.
Tish 1916
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The spring-wagon person did not speak again until he had reached the open road.
Tish 1916
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We went home the following day, which was the time the spring-wagon man was to meet us.
Tish Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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