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wagon noun- a woman, especially a pushy one, or one capable of invective IRELAND
- [C]ruising along in my cor [car] ... minding my own business, when this focking bitch in a white Peugeot 206, roysh [right], decides to move into the fast lane all of a sudden without checking what was behind her, and she ends up nearly running me off the road, the stupid wagon. — Paul Howard, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, p. 26, 2003
- abstention from drug use UK
- Lissen cunt: you want some fuckin’ gear [drugs] or you wanna go on the fuckin’ wagon the rest of your days[.] — Nick Barlay, Curvy Lovebox, p. 33, 1997
- an old, worn-out, beat-up car US
- — Edd Byrnes, Way Out with Kookie, 1959
▶ on the wagon abstaining from drinking alcohol US, 1906- Frank knew immediately by her loose laugh that she had taken a stiff drink. Benny patted his hip. “You want one?” Frank’s eyes were narrow slits. “I thought we were going on the wagon?” — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 207, 1947
- Juicers on the wagon are all big coffee fiends. — James Ellroy, Brown’s Requiem, p. 43, 1981
- So there I was drinking Stingers with this guy who doesn’t even drink. Thirteen years on the wagon and looks great. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 256, 1999
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