motor truck
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of motor truck
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Her family had started and run the post office in the tiny community of Isom and her grandmother’s father had the first motor truck in town.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
Even the women of the office forces were given a place, riding in a big motor truck with the inscription, “some of Uncle Sam’s Best Girls.”
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2020
From the naval reserve base at Floyd Bennett Field on Long Island one morning last week, a small motor truck containing a radio transmitter set off for an unannounced point an hour's drive away.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rolling kitchen and a motor truck filled with supplies followed them, and there was an ambulance with well-trained male nurses to look after sore and swollen feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
As I looked out at the garden I heard a motor truck starting on the road.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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