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trunker|ˈtrʌŋkə(r)|
[f. trunk n. or v.2 + -er1.]
1. (See quot. 1921). Cf. trunk v.2 2.
1881Instructions to Census Clerks (1885) 84 Copper miner... Trunker. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §056 Trunker, separates slimes from ore by running mixture into and out of a long box, launder or trunk.
2. a. A long-distance lorry-driver; spec. one who drives at night, and is not responsible for loading or unloading his vehicle.
1954in P. G. Hollowell Lorry Driver (1968) vii. 192 Trunker, night driver. 1958Times 12 Apr. 7/6 The long-distance night lorry driver, or trunker. 1959Manch. Guardian 20 July 2/3 We night trunkers..pull out of the depot at seven or eight in the evening. 1968P. G. Hollowell Lorry Driver vii. 176 Although the trunker is a long distance driver and a night worker he is for the most part able to organize his leisure life as he has regular runs. He is not as able to do this as is the shunter who has the greatest rate of participation in associational groupings.
b. A lorry used for long journeys along trunk roads.
1965M. Russell No Through Road 20, I could see the..cars on the A.1 highway and hear the scream of the all-night trunkers. 1969Jane's Freight Containers 1968–69 10 (Advt.), By freight-liner any number of Abel Air containers are carried by rail to terminals where they are readily transferred to trunker or local delivery units. 1979Navy News Sept. 34/1 (Advt.), Driving artics., trunkers or vans or sorting and loading back at base. |