wheeler dealer

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Noun1.wheeler dealer - a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficultieswheeler dealer - a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
opportunist, self-seeker - a person who places expediency above principle
wire-puller - one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends
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The businessman, described as a "wheeler dealer" by a court, started the company, supplying tools and equipment, with PS5,000 in 1986.
Show you and your partner are most at odds about John watches Wheeler Dealer non-stop and I hate it.
Kay stole the show in a series loosely based on part of Baker's teenage life, though there was plenty of fine support - from Laurie Kynaston as young Danny and, especially, Lucy Speed as Bet, Danny's mum and long-suffering wife of his dad, wheeler dealer Fred/Spud (Kay).
Cole, who died on Wednesday aged 90, is best remembered for his portrayal of small-time wheeler dealer and crook Arthur Daley in the TV show Minder, alongside his likeable bodyguard Terry McCann, played by Dennis Waterman.
won $131,508 playing one of the unique online casino's original games, Wheeler Dealer.
The tax would impose a levy on wheeler dealer transactions, with money raised being used to fund public services.
29 December 2011 -- CRISIL today rated at D the INR60m (USD1.1m/EUR870,000) bank loans of Indian two wheeler dealer Shiva Wheels Pvt Ltd.
The Wheeler Dealer store at 1041 Highway 99 North in Eugene is now a Bimore Store - the only Oregon location for an "inventory reclamation" chain that also has three locations in Washington and one in northern California.
AS one of the cleanest living performers in showbusiness it may seem strange that Jimmy Osmond is cast as the wheeler dealer lawyer Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago.
The 61-year-old finally got his hands on some major silverware last season when he won the FA Cup with former club Portsmouth but his reputation in the game remains as a 'wheeler dealer' manager who achieves results through buying and selling players until he finds the right blend.
Fraud has been an issue for CMS lately regarding power wheelchair coverage: The agency launched Operation Wheeler Dealer in late 2003 after finding that expenditures for power wheelchairs had increased 450% over a 4-year period.
The actor, 70, who plays wheeler dealer Mike Baldwin in the ITV soap, is plugging the pounds 530-a-week home as the ultimate celebrity hangout in an Internet ad.
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