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Noun
truck stop (plural truck stops)
- (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) 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 December 18, Dirk Johnson, “Nostalgia Shaped Some Teamster Votes”, in 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, “Amiss Among The Amish”, in 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.
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