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  • noun Plural form of tow-truck.

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Examples

  • Well, in the event of a major crash, and we can expect one a month with an attendant fatality, there will be a need to get a fire engine down there and accompanying ambulances and tow-trucks.

    The Cost Overrun Time Bomb « PubliCola 2010

  • In 2008, Allstate acquired a unit from General Electric Co. that acts as a back office--answering phones and dispatching tow-trucks--for other roadside assistance programs run by companies including AARP and BMW.

    Allstate Launches Roadside Assistance With a Twist Erik Holm 2010

  • Amount of time spent on side of road, waiting for the NRMA, tow-trucks and our heroic rescuers driving in to give us a lift back: 5

    Archive 2008-11-01 StyleyGeek 2008

  • Amount of time spent on side of road, waiting for the NRMA, tow-trucks and our heroic rescuers driving in to give us a lift back: 5

    Warning: ten-mile long post ahead StyleyGeek 2008

  • By now the drug - testers were at poolside, gathered like tow-trucks at a road accident.

    An Autobiography Heyns, Penny & Lemke, Gary 2002

  • At one stage, a pall of tearsmoke hung over the Bree Sreet terminus as police fired teargas to enable city traffic department, private tow-trucks and other large lorries to tow away the unattended taxis.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • Helicopters clattered over the city and tow-trucks dragged away cars abandoned by protesters, their tires squealing on the tarmac because the brakes were still on.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Compared to the outgoing 2010 models, Ford claims the diesel pickup trucks now get 18 percent better fuel efficiency and chassis cab models (like those used for tow-trucks and flat-beds) get a 25 percent boost.

    Autoblog Green Sam Abuelsamid 2010

  • Compared to the outgoing 2010 models, Ford claims the diesel pickup trucks now get 18 percent better fuel efficiency and chassis cab models (like those used for tow-trucks and flat-beds) get a 25 percent boost.

    Autoblog Green Sam Abuelsamid 2010

  • Compared to the outgoing 2010 models, Ford claims the diesel pickup trucks now get 18 percent better fuel efficiency and chassis cab models (like those used for tow-trucks and flat-beds) get a 25 percent boost.

    Autoblog Green Sam Abuelsamid 2010

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