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prairie schooner

DEFINITIONS OF: prairie schooner

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n a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century

Synonyms:
Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie wagon
Type of:
waggon, wagon
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
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