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truckology

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truckology (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, slang, dated) Knowledge concerning trucks.
    • 1947, The Business School Executive:
      ... for example, the electrician whose sign proclaimed him to be an "electrologist"; or another example, the moving van carrying the sign "specialist in truckology."
    • 1952, NADA Magazine:
      Diploma M.I.T. (Meritorious Institute of Truckology): This Certifies That Mr ______ has satisfactorily completed the prescribed Elementary Course; recognizes a Frame when he sees one and can spot a classy Chassis a mile off
    • 1991 January 1, Rothe, J. Peter (John Peter), The Trucker's World: Risk, Safety, and Mobility, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 195:
      ... In the 1978 movie, "Convoy", we witness trucking figures as Rubber Duck, the Michelangelo of Truckology, Lyle " Cottonmouth " Wallace, the sneaky snakey ole bear, Love Machine, a queenless driver, Dangerous Curves, and Widow Woman, the lady trucker enough to take on four husbands.
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