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wheel
noun- a leader; an important person US, 1933
- Evidently the fellow was some kind of a wheel, checking on activities here and there[.] — Mickey Spillane, One Lonely Night, p. 32, 1951
- There are about thirty books or wheels going in Chicago alone. — Alson Smith, Syndicate City, p. 196, 1954
- e’s a wheel. So’s she. It’s hard to make friends with them. — Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
- a mid-level employee in an illegal lottery US
- Next, the wheel distributes the winnings to the runners who pass it on to the winning customers. — Burgess Laughlin, Job Opportunities in the Black Market, p. 11–3, 1978
- the game of roulette US
- — Frank Scoblete, Guerrilla Gambling, p. 331, 1993
- a tablet of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 290, 2003
- in a carnival, any ride that is in the form of a wheel US
- — American Speech, pp. 308–309, December 1960: “Carnival talk”
- a life prison sentence US
- — Lee McNelis, 30 + And a Wake-Up, p. 13, 1991
- in lowball poker, the lowest possible straight (five to ace) US
- — Jim Glenn, Programmed Poker, p. 158, 1981
- — Dave Scharf, Winning at Poker, p. 244, 2003
- the ankle US
- — Chuck Wielgus and Alexander Wolff, The Back-In-Your-Face Guide to Pick-up Basketball, p. 231, 1986
- a betting operation US, 1954
- There are about thirty books or wheels going in Chicago alone. — Alson Smith, Syndicate City, p. 196, 1954
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