truck farm

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noun

a farm or piece of land for the growing of vegetables and fruit for sale, especially to local or nearby markets.

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Also called truck garden; especially British, market garden .

Origin of truck farm

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

OTHER WORDS FROM truck farm

truck farmer, nountruck farming, noun

Words nearby truck farm

truck camper, truck crop, truckdriver, Truckee, trucker, truck farm, truckie, trucking, truck jobber, truckle, truckle bed

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How to use truck farm in a sentence

Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They were just way too aggressive to try and maintain on a farm here,” says Gow of his “Nazi cows.
‘Nazi Cows’ Tried to Kill British Farmer|Tom Sykes|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“When Tanveer realized what was happening, he jumped out of the truck, but the Iranians shot him,” Abdullah says.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But they are serious: what large-scale fracking does is change small farm towns into industrial sites.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Each well requires 1,500—2,000 truck trips over the lifetime of the well.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The evening previous to his death he was walking about the farm, in the full possession of all his faculties of mind and body.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Van Twiller was himself a grower of the plant and had his tobacco farm at Greenwich.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Could this man, who had been sent out to take care of Indians, get back his San Pasquale farm for him?
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
We did plan a great trip—father and mother and Tim and I—we were going to England together when the farm showed a surplus.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
It wur Tom Wurmsee led me; I wuz gwine ter move his truck fur him this arternoon.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for truck farm

truck farm

noun

US and Canadian a market garden

Derived forms of truck farm

truck farmer, nountruck farming, noun

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