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Prairie wagon   /prˈɛri wˈægən/   Listen
Prairie wagon

noun
1.
A large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century.  Synonyms: Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner.






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"Prairie wagon" Quotes from Famous Books



... the horses and she saw no more of him that day, but early the next morning he brought up a light, four-wheeled vehicle, which would carry two people and had a hood that could be drawn up. Gertrude thought it a great improvement on the prairie wagon, and she admired the restive team which he had some trouble in holding. When she got in, he sprang to the seat beside her, the horses bounded forward, and they sped out through a gap in the fence, the vehicle lurching wildly among ...
— Prescott of Saskatchewan • Harold Bindloss



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