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water wagon

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Noun1.water wagon - a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)water wagon - a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)
water waggon
waggon, wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
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