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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1967
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TRUCK, n.2, v.1 Sc. usages:
I. n. As in Eng. truck, a small cart or trolley. Phr. to hurl the truck, to stand behind a file of squatting skaters and propel them (Per. 1902 E.D.D.). See Hurl, v.1, 6. (2).
II. v. From nautical Eng. truck, a block for a flag at a masthead: to hoist the ball in the Orkney ball-game by the halyards to the mast-truck of a sailing-ship (see quot.).Ork. 1967 J. Robertson Uppies & Doonies 88:
In days gone by a Doonie win always resulted in the ba' being trucked.
