nutting truck

noun
/ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/US

Etymology

So named because they were originally manufactured by the Nutting Truck Company, founded by Elijah Nutting.

Definitions

  1. A flat cart with four wheels, one in the center or corner of each side, upon which trays…

    A flat cart with four wheels, one in the center or corner of each side, upon which trays of mail may be stacked for transport.

    • The slip read: "I asked Charles Hall to push a nutting truck from the dumping table area to the paper case area."
    • When I tried to show him how thin the pieces were and that I had made good progress, he just picked up his clip board and motioned for me to get a big nutting truck and to follow him.
    • She looked at the stacks of flats already sitting on the nutting truck.

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