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Word: truck (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well like my parents were driving up in Vermont, and there was like this really heavy thunderstorm, and there was like this, you know huge truck full of chickens coming the other way, and like WHAM...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Linguistic Liberties | 10/2/1986 | See Source »

...this from the cab of an 18-wheel truck stuck in the traffic jam: "What's the holdup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Ohio: a Vision West of Town | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...trying to be funny or what?" And the truck rumbles on through the Ohio night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Ohio: a Vision West of Town | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...bank had just taken Ernie's car and pickup truck. He was driving his son-in-law's sedan. "My teeth still need fixing, and I still can't see out of my glasses," Margie said. "I'm 69 years old now," Ernie said. "I have worked all my life from day one -- well, day seven. I started plowing when I was seven behind a double team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Family's Bankruptcy | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

...crossover, but it's a hard job that has frustrated such gifted performers as John Prine and Joe Ely. Still, Earle has strong qualifications. He can sing Springsteen's spooky, poignant State Trooper and make it his own. He looks like the guy one stool over at the truck stop, with a Peterbilt cap and a waistline that has seen a little too much barbecue, but he reads Faulkner, Steinbeck and Hemingway and points out that "you can't write if you don't read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steve Earle: The Color of Country | 9/8/1986 | See Source »

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