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nutting truck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/ (US)
• [ˈnʌɾɪŋ ˌtɹʌk] (US)

Etymology

So named because they were originally manufactured by the Nutting Truck Company, founded by Elijah Nutting.

Meanings

1. (US, qualifier:United States Postal Service terminology) A flat cart with four wheels, one in the center or corner of each side, upon which trays of mail may be stacked for transport.
   • When I tried to show him how thin the pieces were and that I had made good progress, he just picked up his clip board and motioned for me to get a big nutting truck and to follow him. 2006, Ken Culbreth, The Railway Mail Clerk and the Highway Post Office, →ISBN, page 123:
   • She looked at the stacks of flats already sitting on the nutting truck. 2012, Sandy Kay, Awakening Hearts, →ISBN, page 89:
   • The slip read: "I asked Charles Hall to push a nutting truck from the dumping table area to the paper case area." 1973, in a Government Employee Relations Report (in the issues 484-509; page 1-461), page 49

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