truck: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	lorry

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White semi truck with a long trailer driving on a divided highway, with a concrete barrier and dry, brushy hillside in the background.

A recreational vehicle drives along a curved road past rock formations and trees in Badlands National Park, United States.

police trucks, New York City

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Arthur William Sidney Herrington

American engineer and manufacturer