truckie

English

Etymology

From truck +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ʌki

Noun

truckie (plural truckies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A truck driver.
   • 2005, “Marcus”, quoted in Rose McCrohan, Chapter 3: I Don′t Care If I Live or Die, Keith D. Gilbert (editor), Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk, Volume 6, page 45,

     I met up with a truckie and stayed on the road with him for most of the two months. I learnt how to drive the truck, even though I didn't have a truck or even a car license. I got to know other truckies and they used to ask for me on the CB radio.

   • 2007, Ron Davidson, Fremantle Impressions, Fremantle Press, page 282:

     On the day of the funeral truckies on their way to the container wharf slow down as they pass the Railway Hotel and sound their earth-shattering horns.

   • 2002, Rob Van Driesum, Outback Australia: Kakadu, Uluru and Kangaroos, Lonely Planet, page 452:

     Look for the epitaph to a local female truckie outside the roadhouse.

2. (firefighting, slang) A firefighter who works from a fire truck.

Synonyms

• (truck driver): (US, Canada) trucker