[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Truck," v. (of a person}

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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truck (OED v.2 3.a. [of a person], 1938)

1934 Afro-American (Baltimore) 3 Nov. 20 (ProQuest)

Big Murrell trucked over for the second touchdown.

Fred Shapiro

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