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wheeler-dealers

wheeler-dealers is the plural of wheeler-dealer.

Meaning of wheeler-dealer

Noun

wheeler-dealer (plural wheeler-dealers)

  1. (informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.
    • Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler-dealer Charles Keating, the five were fighting to regain reputations earned in a lifetime of public service.1990 November 26, Ed Magnuson, Hays Gorey, “You Sold Your Office”, in Time

Questions about wheeler-dealers

What is wheeler-dealers the plural of?
Wheeler-dealers is the plural of wheeler-dealer.

Words near wheeler-dealers in the dictionary

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