wheeler-dealer
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈwiːlərˌdiːlər/
- Informal
:
negociante astuto
- Legendary wheeler-dealer Bud Shuster got emotional when his son, Bill, took his seat in Congress.
- a real wheeler-dealer
- wheeler-dealers know
Examples
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I'm one who doesn't assume that Wall Street wheeler-dealers are by default conservatives who tend toward the GOP.
Blog text (2) -
This man, no matter how unimpressive he appeared, was one of the sneakiest wheeler-dealers I'd ever known.
Fiction book (1992) -
So it's a great business opportunity, but the guy's a real wheeler-dealer, right?
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My father always knew he was a wheeler-dealer, but as the details come out it gets worse and worse.
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Lyndon Johnson was a domestic policy man, an extraordinary wheeler-dealer focused on pushing new legislation through Congress.
Academic text (2009) -
Slick was the wheeler-dealer and black-market specialist in the group.
Fiction book (2001) -
He's charming, clever, funny, a real wheeler-dealer.
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Abraham was cool and menacing, a formidable financial wheeler-dealer on a gleaming contemporary set designed to recall the 2008 economic meltdown.
Academic text (2011) -
Across from me, my father and Bert Cummins were grinning and whacking each other on the back, textbook wheeler-dealers.
Fiction book (1998) -
Lyndon Johnson was a domestic policy man, an extraordinary wheeler-dealer focused on pushing new legislation through Congress.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person or company that buys and sells things to make money
99
4.0
A person or company that buys and sells stocks and money for themselves
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6.9
A person who uses clever or unfair ways to get what they want
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7.6
A person who works hard and uses clever or dishonest ways to succeed
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4.3
A person who makes and negotiates business deals between companies
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6.7
A person who argues again and again to get a lower price for items
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3.7
A person who talks with others to get better terms
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6.3
A person who uses tough methods to get better deals
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9.9
A person who seems friendly but tricks others to get what they want
A person very good at making deals and getting better terms
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
How Shrewd
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wheeler-dealer comes from the idea of wheel plus deal, where 'wheel' suggests turning or moving things and 'deal' means 'to trade or make agreements'. So a wheeler-dealer is someone who 'moves' deals around, using clever or sometimes dishonest methods to get what they want.