On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Baker, John wrote: # Well, the adjective form of "automobile" is after all the #older form. "Automobile truck" turns out to be a surprisingly common #term in the old days. Here's the oldest I saw, from 1908 (OED has #1916 for "motor truck"): Ah! Thanks. -- Mark A. Mandel Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania