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wagon: see carriage carriage, wheeled vehicle, in modern usage restricted to passenger vehicles that are drawn or pushed, especially by animals. Carriages date from the Bronze Age; early forms included the two-wheeled cart and four-wheeled wagon for transporting goods. ..... Click the link for more information. . wagonFour-wheeled vehicle designed to be drawn by draft animals. Wagons have been used from the 1st century BC; early examples used spoked wheels with metal rims, pivoted front axles, and linchpins to secure the wheels. Ninth-century improvements in suspension made the wagon preferable to the two-wheeled cart, especially for carrying freight and agricultural produce. |
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| A fire engine and police van were also at the toy drive so residents could get an up-close look at them. and she was grabbed and rushed out to a waiting police van before anyone could see her shirt, which showed the number of American soldiers who have died in Iraq so far. The arrestee had been taken into custody on suspicion of being drunk in public and was placed handcuffed in the back of a police van for transportation to a detention facility that had medical care available for intoxicated detainees. |
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