WHEEL HORSE

PRONUNCIATION: (HWEEL hors)

MEANING: noun:
1. Someone responsible and diligent, especially one who bears the biggest share of burden in a group.
2. A horse harnessed closest to the front wheel(s) of a carriage.

ETYMOLOGY: From wheel, from Old English hweol + horse, from Old English hors. Earliest documented use: 1708.
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WHEEL HOARSE - the CEO has a sore throat and a raspy voice

WHEEL HORDE - a mob of Hell's Angels on their bikes

WHEEL GORSE - a variety of tumbleweed