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  • noun A manufacturer of wagons.

Etymologies

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wagon +‎ maker

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Examples

  • He was the son of a wagonmaker and received his early education at Bamberg and probably at Nuremberg under John Cochlæus; with Paul of Schwartzenberg, canon of Bamberg, he pursued humanistic, juristic, and theological studies at Pavia, Padua, and later at Siena, there obtaining degrees in Law and Divinity.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • "Was that wagon built to go, or is it just an advertisement to show what the wagonmaker could do?"

    The She Boss A Western Story Arthur Preston Hankins 1906

  • A wagonmaker in Mechanicsville, near Springfield, was sued on account of

    The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899

  • He came, with long strides, into the court room just in time for the trial and won the case for the wagonmaker.

    The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899

  • You had the wagonmaker, the shoemaker, the chiropodist and the burgomaster with you, therefore you succeeded.

    Lucky Pehr August Strindberg 1880

  • You may depend upon it that both the wagonmaker and the chiropodist will share my opinion.

    Lucky Pehr August Strindberg 1880

  • First, at the funeral, the parson embroidered your virtues -- for twenty marks; the contractor, who had grown rich on your streets, delivered a eulogy; the chiropodist, who acquired practice through your beautiful street stones, had a medallion struck of you; then the wagonmaker, who made money patching up wagons, named

    Lucky Pehr August Strindberg 1880

  • Another leading wagonmaker hoped his company would receive orders.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • And though Banerjee has her critics, a leading wagonmaker is prepared to give her more time.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • In the matter of Mills, a shoemaker, and Angel, a wagonmaker, I decided that the exemption act, October 11, 1862, applied as well to the conscription act of April, as to the conscription act of September.

    Cases of habeas corpus, decided by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, at the June term, 1863, North Carolina. Supreme Court 1863

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