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fifth wheel

Noun

Meaning

someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded

a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate

an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

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Alternatively, the lead trailer may have a hideaway fifth wheel, which enables direct coupling of the second trailer without a converter. Source: Internet

A tow bar may be found attached at one or both ends, but heavy trucks almost always make use of a fifth wheel hitch. Source: Internet

Because the dolly attaches to a pintle hitch on the truck, manoeuvrings a trailer hooked to a dolly is different from maneuvering a fifth wheel trailer. Source: Internet

Huan also tells them that can go no further on their road together—possibly because he is tired of being a fifth wheel on this, the weirdest date of all time. Source: Internet

And no, I don't mean in a motorized home or fifth wheel or anything with wheels. Source: Internet

Leland picked up the tray, but before he could head back to his cozy fifth wheel, Ali stopped him. Source: Internet

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