Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as truck-shop.

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Examples

  • "I don't run no truck-store," snaps Texas Pete, and turns square on his heel and goes back to his chair.

    Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909

  • It has become necessary for them to own a car in order to shop in a “hypermarket” 10-20 km awaysome of the hypermarkets in France make our Canadian Super Store look like a small place This has eliminated small businesses that used to come with their truck-store, either daily or every few days, around all the small neighbourhoods built away from a village or very small town, to sell bread or meat or fish or vegetables etc.

    Project will help reduce pollution « Stephen Rees’s blog 2009

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