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Fifth wheel   /fɪfθ wil/   Listen
Fifth wheel

noun
1.
Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded.  Synonym: deadwood.
2.
An extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle.  Synonym: spare.
3.
A steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate.





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"Fifth wheel" Quotes from Famous Books



... baggage and the girls asked each other twenty questions at once and then the party paired off for the walk to the Matson home—that is, Joe and Mabel and Jim and Clara, formed the pairs, while Reggie was, so to speak, a fifth wheel to the coach! ...
— Baseball Joe Around the World - Pitching on a Grand Tour • Lester Chadwick
... enviously, "I realize," he reminded them, "that I am the fifth wheel, or any other superfluous thing, but you can't get rid of me. I am homesick—somebody's got to cheer ...
— The Tin Soldier • Temple Bailey


Words linked to "Fifth wheel" :   car wheel, deadwood, bearing, redundancy, redundance


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