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leaf truck en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A specialized vehicle, often a truck equipped with a vacuum system, used for collecting loose leaves from streets, sidewalks, and other areas.
    • The dogs were barking over at the pigfarm, the leaftruck was crawling through autumn, lovers were unbuttoning in cellars and what was I up to in that badlit attic? 1977, David Young, “The Names of a Hare in English: Les noms de un levre en englais”, in Poetry, volume 131, number 2, page 84 of 78-87:

Forms

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leaf trucks Number=Plur lexicographic
leaftruck alternative lexicographic