leaf truck

English

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Noun

leaf truck (plural leaf trucks)

  1. A specialized vehicle, often a truck equipped with a vacuum system, used for collecting loose leaves from streets, sidewalks, and other areas.
    • 1977, David Young, “The Names of a Hare in English: Les noms de un levre en englais”, in Poetry‎[1], volume 131, number 2, page 84 of 78-87:
      The dogs were barking over at the pigfarm,
      the leaftruck was crawling through autumn,
      lovers were unbuttoning in cellars
      and what was I up to in that badlit attic?
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