Meaning of ice wagon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A wagon used for carrying ice.
   historical
2. A very slow player.
   slang

Examples

“A proposed $14 million redesign of the city's main artery will bring new traffic lights, crossing signals, and bike lanes to a thoroughfare that can still seem frozen in the days of ice wagons and daily milk deliveries.”

“He can't hit a thing or he can't get it over the base, or he's an ice wagon on the bases, they say.”

“A veteran first-baseman-catcher, Duke Jantzen, who had played briefly with the Texas Midland in 1896, was engaged as player-manager. Tall and ungainly, Jantzen could wallop a baseball over the outfielders, but he was an "ice wagon"—too slow to get past third.”

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