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fifth wheel

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fifth wheel
Fig. an unwelcome or extra person. I don't like living with my son and daughter-in-law. I feel like a fifth wheel. Bill always begs to come on camping trips with us, but really, he's a fifth wheel.
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1) The Fifth Wheel Bluegrass Band performs as part of a free folk music and bluegrass festival during the Encino Chamber of Commerce's 19th annual Taste of Encino street fair on Sunday.
In an effort to bring knowledge, training and awareness about workplace health and safety to their clients, Sudbury entrepreneurs Denis Desroches and Marc Ranger have fully refurbished the fifth wheel to suit their educational needs.
But did we want a regular trailer or a fifth wheel, in which the trailer's front end pivots on a massive fitting bolted into the truck bed?
 
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