wheels of steel

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Noun

wheels of steel pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) A disc jockey or record scratcher's turntables.
    • 2000, Darren O'Donnell, Your Secrets Sleep With Me, page 58:
      She feels she should fit right in, charming the populace on the wheels of steel. 'Music is my lover,' she is fond of saying. She's looking for a universal groove, something that everyone can, somehow, in whatever small way, relate to.
    • 2001, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 97, page 85:
      With Pam The Funkstress on the wheels of steel, every track provides plenty of forward motion without sacrificing the music's vertical pleasures.
    • 2004, Enakhe O, Who Is My Brother's Keeper?, page 253:
      “Let's see if you can keep up,” she said as the ragga music touched everybody. Melanie-Jo, working the wheels of steel, waved at Jayden and he waved back.

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