TWIL: Truck etymology


Truck: as in “I don’t have no truck with cheaters and liars.”

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Evidently, “truck” once meant “Small items of little value” (or, similarly, “vegetables”) and then it became a verb meaning to barter or swap small items.

Go here and listen to “No Truck,” an excellent song by Kate Miller-Heidke.


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