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Riobha:
September 19th, 2013 at 2:11 pm
I have frequently heard “I’ll fix his little red wagon”
Phil Sweet:
January 9th, 2018 at 11:29 pm
There are many older expamles in print. Google Ngrams turns up several, including this gem from the 1945 US Congresional Record – https://books.google.com/books/content?id=2ZSqKDydPoYC&pg=PA8893&img=1&pgis=1&dq=%22fix+his+wagon%22&sig=ACfU3U0fcm4_Py32o-F4nyZPt_-J7H8wMw&edge=0