wheeler-dealer
English
Etymology
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Noun
wheeler-dealer (plural wheeler-dealers)
- (informal) A shrewd political or commercial schemer, especially one who is unscrupulous; a hustler; a shady operator.
- 1990 Nov. 26, Ed Magnuson and Hays Gorey, "You Sold Your Office ," Time:
- 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 Nov. 26, Ed Magnuson and Hays Gorey, "You Sold Your Office ," Time:
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Translations
political or commercial schemer
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