"nutting truck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/ [US], [ˈnʌɾɪŋ ˌtɹʌk] [US] Forms: nutting trucks [plural]
Etymology: So named because they were originally manufactured by the Nutting Truck Company, founded by Elijah Nutting. Head templates: {{en-noun}} nutting truck (plural nutting trucks)
  1. (US, United States Postal Service terminology) 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. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-nutting_truck-en-noun-~8UN0GVr Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1973, in a Government Employee Relations Report (in the issues 484-509; page 1-461), page 49",
          "text": "The slip read: \"I asked Charles Hall to push a nutting truck from the dumping table area to the paper case area.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Ken Culbreth, The Railway Mail Clerk and the Highway Post Office, →ISBN, page 123:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Sandy Kay, Awakening Hearts, →ISBN, page 89:",
          "text": "She looked at the stacks of flats already sitting on the nutting truck.",
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        "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."
      ],
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          "tray",
          "tray"
        ],
        [
          "mail",
          "mail"
        ]
      ],
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        "(US, United States Postal Service terminology) 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."
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      "ipa": "/ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈnʌɾɪŋ ˌtɹʌk]",
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  "etymology_text": "So named because they were originally manufactured by the Nutting Truck Company, founded by Elijah Nutting.",
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        "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."
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      "ipa": "/ˈnʌtɪŋ ˌtɹʌk/",
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