Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

welcome wagon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: wel-come wag-on
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A nationwide business which contacts new homeowners after relocation, providing them with coupons and advertisements from local businesses.

American usage

name

Any similar approach of institutionalised welcoming.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The Welcome Wagon lady, sixty if she was a day but working at youth and vivacity (ginger hair, red lips, a sunshine-yellow dress), twinkled her eyes"
"The students' solution was to create a Welcome Wagon program to cordially introduce new students to their class."

Usage

American usage

Questions

What does welcome wagon mean?: A nationwide business which contacts new homeowners after relocation, providing them with coupons and advertisements from local businesses.

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