truck farm
noun
a farm or piece of land for the growing of vegetables and fruit for sale, especially to local or nearby markets.
truck farmer
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a word derived from
truck farm.
Example Sentences
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Umakichi was a truck farmer, and after the farm’s produce had been packed, he would drive to the Los Angeles farmer’s market to sell it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2020
A circa-1900 Chicago teacher marries a Dutch truck farmer and raises a son.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2020
Czechoslovakia's No. 2 Washington was born on May 28, 1884, at Koslany. near Pilsen, in Bohemia, where his father scraped a living as a peasant truck farmer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The son of a truck farmer, he "backed into deaning" after flying for the Marines in World War I, trying the textile business and teaching economics.
From Time Magazine Archive
If this most delicate and most valuable member of the Brassica family, would 'carry' more safely at locations suitable for its cultivation, it would be one of the most important crops for the truck farmer.
From The Cauliflower by A. A. (Arthur Alger) Crozier
