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bucket truck

American  

noun

  1. a truck with an attached aerial lift or movable boom.


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County Sheriff’s Department bucket truck early Wednesday morning while a sheriff’s deputy was precariously positioned high above the ground in the bucket, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

Artist Louise Jones, known as Ouizi, used a bucket truck to paint this mural.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

And so a firefighter hung by the edge of the bucket truck and started calling for Coco.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2021

Around 9:00 pm we hear the bucket truck pulling up.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2020

Business took off, and he’s been able to expand to hire employees, buy equipment - like a dangerous sounding stump grinder and a new bucket truck to replace the other two - and keep busy.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2018

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