Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Trousers.

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  • noun Plural form of truck.
  • noun The game of lawn billiards.
  • noun The wheel-set of railroad rolling stock (see image)
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of truck.

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Examples

  • SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.

    In regards to locked thread on importing autos.. 2009

  • SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.

    In regards to locked thread on importing autos.. 2009

  • The excuse for shutting out Mexican trucks is concern about safety.

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.

    In regards to locked thread on importing autos.. 2009

  • There's nothing wrong with girly games in and of themselves, and I'd argue that defining gender identity through simple markers like dolls versus trucks is something natural, if not essential, in early childhood.

    Women Audiences, Women Characters SVGL 2009

  • It would be just as irresponsible of me to assume all conservatives are toothless Appalachian yokels who drive around in trucks and marry their cousins.

    Pelosi: Climate bill will pass 2009

  • We travelled in trucks & as we passed certain villages so different trucks were shunted off.

    Stan Prout 2010

  • They were a combination of Military & Civilian and had been in trucks as we were, but had been paraded around Germany as animals for some weeks.

    Frank Cox 2010

  • Left St Michael in trucks attached to a German troop train, this train was attacked and the final 9Km of the journey from

    The Final Days 2010

  • SO ... look out friends ... our meager and tenous thread that has allowed us to continue to drive our old, reliable, beloved trucks is about to be severed.

    In regards to locked thread on importing autos.. 2009

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  • "Trousers," according to Century? Best random word I've gotten in a while and the first new addition to Pants related words in years. Huzzah!

    September 26, 2010