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dump truck

or ܳtܳ

noun

  1. a usually open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate.


dump truck

/ ˈʌə- /

noun

  1. a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dump truck1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
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Mills says she’s even been approached by some of those dump truck drivers, including one who asked her to shoot him and his crew.

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By doing the reduction work close to the disaster site, debris that initially filled three or four dump trucks can be consolidated into one large semi tractor-trailer load.

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According to the complaint, Acosta was working for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power when Mathis berated him for blocking his driveway with a city dump truck and threatened him with a gun.

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The storm had put her husband, who mows lawns, out of work, so he was hauling gravel with his dump truck.

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From the enormous dump trucks full of sand to the tankers of fuel being brought in; shelters set up in schools and free Uber rides - it's a remarkable effort.

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