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gypsy truck

gypsy truck noun: a freelance truck.

Noun

gypsy truck (plural gypsy trucks)

  1. (US, colloquial, offensive, sometimes) A freelance truck.
    • So he takes the profit, which is the difference between the regulated transportation and the rate he has been able to pay to that gypsy truck.1950, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foerign Commerce, Study of Domestic Land and Water Transportation
    • At a private dock not long ago a “gypsy” truck from Maryland had come in with 60 barrels of pickles—a 20-minute job to roll out on the platform.1954, Investigation of Racketeering in the Cleveland, Ohio, Area, page 212

Forms of gypsy truck

pluralgypsy trucks

Questions about gypsy truck

What does gypsy truck mean?
Gypsy truck means a freelance truck.
What part of speech is gypsy truck?
Gypsy truck is a noun.
What is the plural of gypsy truck?
The plural of gypsy truck is gypsy trucks.

Words near gypsy truck in the dictionary

  1. gypsy swing
  2. gypsy table
  3. gypsy tables
  4. gypsy tart
  5. gypsy tarts
  6. gypsy truck
  7. gypsy trucks
  8. gypsy wagon
  9. gypsy wagons
  10. gypsy's kiss
  11. gypsy's kisses

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