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wheel and deal verb to engage in profit-making in a flamboyant manner US, 1961- You can’t go downtown to wheel and deal for yourself because you aren’t used to thinking like a big entertainer with a future[.] — Dick Gregory, Nigger, p. 145–146, 1964
- — Paul Glover, Words from the House of the Dead, 1974
- You all talk big. Wheelin’ dealin’. Duckin’ divin’. Chargin’ abou’. — Nick Barlay, Curvy Lovebox, p. 109, 1997
- Every camp needs a man like him. Someone who can wheel and deal a bit. — Jack Allen, When the Whistle Blows, p. 90, 2000
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