food truck

[food truhk]

noun

1. a truck or van from which food is sold, as to people on the street.

Word History and Origins

Origin of food truck¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

She had eaten at a food truck that served pig organs the day before her test, which can trigger positives.

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The plan was simple: Pop up for roughly a year, then spring for a food truck and slowly grow the operation into a bricks-and-mortar.

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"After nearly 80 days of a total blockade, starving people will not let a food truck pass," the WFP added.

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There was a food truck offering free burgers and french fries.

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On the other side was the Fatburger food truck preparing to distribute 500 free burgers, part of an initiative to give away 10,000 burgers in the Los Angeles area to evacuees and first responders.

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