fifth wheel
Example Sentences
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“Before the fire you could park a fifth wheel anywhere. Now they’ve made laws,” Munjar said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2023
The son attempted to back his truck and fifth wheel trailer from the street up the incline of the driveway, Huserik said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
“Great Britain in this matter is a bit of a fifth wheel on the carriage,” Le Drian said in the France 2 interview.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2021
“Gene therapy is taking a fifth wheel and putting it somewhere on the car and hoping it runs. Gene editing is repairing the flat.”
From Scientific American ● Jul. 17, 2021
I’m in no hurry to go in there to be a fifth wheel, treated like I’m hopelessly out of it, old-fashioned and humorless, by the freewheeling Richard.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
