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highwheeler

highwheeler is the alternative form of high-wheeler.

Meaning of high-wheeler

Noun

high-wheeler (plural high-wheelers)

  1. An early car body style in the United States, derived from horse-drawn wagons, and typified by large-diameter slender wheels, frequently with solid rubber tires, to provide ample ground clearance on bumpy roads.
  2. Synonym of penny farthing (“old type of bicycle”).
    Synonyms:
    penny farthing

Forms of highwheeler

pluralhighwheelers

Questions about highwheeler

What is highwheeler the alternative form of?
Highwheeler is the alternative form of high-wheeler.

Words near highwheeler in the dictionary

  1. highways
  2. Highways Agency
  3. highways and byways
  4. highwaywoman
  5. highwaywomen
  6. highwheeler
  7. highwheelers
  8. highwire
  9. highwire walker
  10. highwire walkers
  11. highwire walking

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