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ice wagon en · NOUN

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1. (historical) A wagon used for carrying ice.
   • A proposed $14 million redesign of the city's main artery will bring new traffic lights, crossing signals, and bike lanes to a thoroughfare that can still seem frozen in the days of ice wagons and daily milk deliveries. 2015 March 7, James Sullivan, “Traces of Sinatra fade in Hoboken”, in The Boston Globe, Boston, M.A.: Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2022:
2. (slang) A very slow player.
   • A veteran first-baseman-catcher, Duke Jantzen, who had played briefly with the Texas Midland in 1896, was engaged as player-manager. Tall and ungainly, Jantzen could wallop a baseball over the outfielders, but he was an "ice wagon"—too slow to get past third. 1987, Bill O'Neal, The Texas League, 1888–1987: A Century of Baseball, Austin, T.X.: Eakin Press, →ISBN, page 290:
   • He can't hit a thing or he can't get it over the base, or he's an ice wagon on the bases, they say. 1914, William T. Ellis, "Billy" Sunday: The Man and His Message, Philadelphia, P.A.: Universal Book and Bible House, page 274:

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