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wheels

/wiːlz/ noun A2
  1. An automobile or other vehicle; a set of wheels. · Like my new wheels?· rolling 18 wheels
  2. Well-developed thigh muscles. (slang)
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And still from all the cross streets they were hurrying and rattling toward the converging point at full speed, and hurling themselves into the struggling mass, locking wheels and adding their drivers’ imprecations to the clamour.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 13 · C1
The sound of carriage wheels caused him to rise and glance out of the window.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 116 · C1
He fastened it together with wooden pegs and made the four wheels out of short pieces of a big tree trunk.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 54 · B2
The Snake, being in great torment and not knowing how to rid himself of his enemy, saw a wagon heavily laden with wood, and went and purposely placed his head under the wheels, saying, “At least my enemy and I shall perish together.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 56 · B2

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