sag wagon
n.— «The van became very important to us during the week.…Because it picked up weary cyclists unable to finish the day’s route, it was dubbed the “sag wagon.”» —“Wheeling Away the Days” by James T. Yenckel Washington Post Aug. 27, 1978. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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