WAGON

[UK and ANZ] waggon [noun] [C] - a vehicle with four wheels, which must be pulled or pushed and can vary in size and useIn America, children often pull around toy wagons.The first white settlers journeyed across America in covered wagons pulled by horses, often long lines of them forming wagon trains.See also bandwagon.(UK and ANZ) A wagon (US freight car) is also a large wheeled container for transporting goods, that is pulled by a train.an open wagonThe locomotive was pulling a line of goods wagons.(informal) If you are on the wagon, you have decided not to drink any alcohol for a period of time.He was on the wagon for ten years, when he was living in Connecticut.When her husband died, she fell off the wagon (= started drinking alcohol, after a period when she had drunk none).(UK) A wagon-lit is a sleeping car.See at sleep (RESTING STATE).