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wheelman

[ weel-muhn, hweel- ]

noun

plural wheelmen.
  1. Also ·É³ó±ð±ð±ô²õ·³¾²¹²Ô []. a helmsperson or steersperson.
  2. a rider of a bicycle, tricycle, or the like.
  3. Slang.
    1. a driver, especially a chauffeur:

      The mobster's wheelman was also his bodyguard.

    2. a person who drives the getaway car in a holdup or robbery.


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Origin of wheelman1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; wheel + -man
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When Kinch was young, he confided in a later recording, he was a “wheelman,†slang for getaway driver.

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He said Leasure was the wheelman for the killings outside the Sherman Oaks lounge and in the Highland Park beauty shop.

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Gray agrees to serve as a wheelman for a criminal syndicate — this time, it's a Zimbabwean family known as the Tongais — but only for as long as it takes to get his close friend and his business out of trouble.

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The former wheelman retired 18 years ago to run a luxury car service in New Orleans.

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“He was one heck of a wheelman.â€

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