[Ads-l] Antedating of "Truck" (verb)

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Jun 21 20:31:05 UTC 2025


truck (OED v.2 3.a. [of a person], 1938)

1937 Metronome Nov. 11 in Robert S. Gold Jazz Talk (1975) 287

After Louis boots, the cats truck on to their various domiciles.

Fred Shapiro

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