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- noun Plural form of
wagoner .
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Examples
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He was clad in gray homespun, and wore a coarse felt hat, such as wagoners or constables - as he had been - usually wore, and bore a pair of weather-stained saddle-bags across his shoulders.
Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil wars, 1894
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These "wagoners" kept well posted regarding "First Mondays," and they became in the course of time to be one of the most prominent features of the day.
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I happily welcome allband-wagoners, and like to offer them a few creole or cajun recipes to enhance their overall temp-fan experience.
From Suck to Super Bowl: What It Means to Be a Saints Fan | Manolith 2010
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I was one of the early band wagoners on the Greg DeL for President parade!
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Any one who has travelled knows that there is no one who indulges in better cheer than wagoners.
Les Miserables 2008
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The host, who was also the chief cook, was going from one stew-pan to another, very busily superintending an excellent dinner designed for the wagoners, whose loud talking, conversation, and laughter were audible from an adjoining apartment.
Les Miserables 2008
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Most of the company were chapmen and wagoners, all extremely polite; they asked Cacambo a few questions with the utmost discretion and circumspection; and replied to his in a most obliging and satisfactory manner.
Candide 2007
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I forget whether he followed us out of the quadrangle into the roadway where we had the advantage of some picturesque army wagons, and some wagoners in red-faced jackets and red trousers, and top-boots with heavy fringes of leathern strings.
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Yonville, but about this time a cross-road was made which joins that of Abbeville to that of Amiens, and is occasionally used by the Rouen wagoners on their way to Flanders.
Madame Bovary 2003
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A man is not necessarily inclined to democracy because he sings wagoners, pedlars and beggars ...
Wordsworth, the _Lyrical Ballads_, and Literary and Social Reform in Nineteenth Century America 1999
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