单词 | truckie |
释义 | truckien. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. = trucker n.1 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > lorry driver teamster1805 truck-driver1907 lorry driver1926 skinner1929 truckie1958 trucker1961 1958 Coast to Coast 1957–8 201 The truckie looked upwards. ‘Whaddya want, mate?’ 1968 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 9 June 5/3 Since April last year, more than 50 truckies had appeared in the courts in Queensland on ‘pep’ pill charges. 1970 P. Carlon Souvenir vi. 56 In the truckies' café..the waitress remembered them. 1970 N.Z. Listener 21 Dec. 8/4 Another time you'll thumb a truck—truckies will generally stop for you. 1976 Telegraph (Brisbane) 24 June 20/2 Detectives have begun a blitz on interstate truckies in a bid to catch color television thieves. 1978 O. White Silent Reach viii. 83 We are evacuating this camp... Regular truckies stand to their vehicles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1958 |
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