tandem trailer

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noun

Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.

a semitrailer designed to be hooked up to another part of such a rig.

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After the release of the trailer for the special last week, TLC received a requisite and perhaps well-deserved tongue-lashing.
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And there were much wider protests later in 2012 after the anti-Islam movie trailer, “Innocence of Muslims,” appeared on YouTube.
Why the Muslim World Isn’t Flipping Out Over the CIA Torture Report|Dean Obeidallah|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Production expenses: equipment rental, lights, lighting board, van rental, trailer rental, road cases, backline.
How Much Money Does a Band Really Make on Tour?|Jack Conte|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The crime-fighting penguins, says the trailer, are “masters of the skies, espionage, and aerial assault.”
Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And then I saw the trailer to Nightcrawler and texted him again and said, “Wow, you inspire me every day.”
Anna Kendrick on Feminism, #GamerGate, and the Celebrity Hacking Attack|Marlow Stern|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The tandem rider on the forward seat did the steering and the foot pedaling, and the rear rider operated the motor.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
It appeared at the Madison Square Garden in two forms, as a single motorcycle and as a motor tandem.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
Along in the late nineties a keen interest in bicycle racing led to the introduction of what is known as the motor-paced tandem.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
As a trailer McFann had few equals, and he knew every swale in the prairie and every nook in the mountains on the reservation.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman
The midget recovered Alfred's knife from the dust and walked over to the trailer that he noted had a wooden coop of slats aboard.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney