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 n.— «Thinking of the poor guy himself as “the wheeler” as vets in wheel chairs sometimes call themselves, over the phone to let pp know they need accomodation. “Im a wheeler” See?» —“19 Wheeler: Only In The Hometown News” by Clarissa Pinkola Estés The Moderate Voice June 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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