truck stop
Noun
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Noun
truck stop (plural truck stops)
- (chiefly, North America) A roadside service area, usually consisting of a restaurant and service station and sometimes a motel or hotel, where drivers of long-haul trucks can stop to refuel, eat, and rest.
- 1996 Dec. 18, Dirk Johnson, "Nostalgia Shaped Some Teamster Votes ↗," New York Times (retrieved 27 July 2012):
- Any teamster pulling into a truck stop today will almost surely be vastly outnumbered by nonunion drivers.
- 2001 June 24, Nadya Labi, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,139494,00.html Amiss Among The Amish]," Time:
- Nestled in the rolling hills of Lancaster County, the town of Gap is a sprawling collection of clapboard houses, strip malls and a truck stop named Touch O' Home.
- 1996 Dec. 18, Dirk Johnson, "Nostalgia Shaped Some Teamster Votes ↗," New York Times (retrieved 27 July 2012):
- transport café (UK)
- French: aire de repos
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