truck crop
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of truck crop
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Beattie, W. R. Tomatoes as a truck crop.
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Half hour question and answer exercise on "Truck Crop and Garden Insects," led by Professor Wm.
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On the Atlantic seaboard, the more enterprising man will use the third field for rotation, and sell some of the fertility of the western grain in the form of a truck crop.
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For the truck crop was bringing them in a bigger sum of money than even Hiram had expected.
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