bandwagon
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- noun
- /ˈbændˌwæɡən/
:
carroza
- Remember that tall brunette, used to do the novelty dances at the Bandwagon?
Examples
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"Federal Theater's touring show, Broadway Bandwagon, rolled into Peoria last night," and for two hours, gaiety and glamor... "obscured thoughts of drought and other financial worries."
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If they sent him some top-end smartphone encrusted with jewels spelling out "Cliffy B," you'd be on a different bandwagon.
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Pull the bandwagon over, I think I am hopping on.
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But the trundle of the bandwagon is not a model sound.
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The Wisconsin Badger Bandwagon
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The earliest photo found, dated in the 1870s, depicts a women's brass band in a bandwagon being pulled by a team of 10 white horses.
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The parade featured a colorful bandwagon that carried musicians playing lively tunes.
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During the circus, a decorated bandwagon was used to transport the performing band around the ring.
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The old photograph shows a bandwagon adorned with flowers, filled with a brass band ready to march.
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- Informal
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5.0
To start doing something popular because many others do it, often to get an advantage
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Etymology
The word bandwagon originally named the big decorated wagon that carried a music band in parades and circuses. That's why a bandwagon is a large, often colorful wagon used to carry a musical group.