Antedating of "Wheeler-Dealer"

[Fred Shapiro]

wheeler-dealer (OED 1960)

1954 _N.Y. Times_ 20 July 18 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  More power
to these Texas "wheeler-dealers."

Fred Shapiro


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