tow truck

noun

tow truck

a motor vehicle equipped for towing away wrecked or disabled cars Also calledbreakdown vanUS and Canadianwrecker

First recorded in 1940–45

The New York cops call him the tow truck driver to the presidents.

The Killer ordered the deputies to fetch his tow-truck man, David Camp, campaign manager to James Albert Riley.

I had no money to take it in to be repaired, and I certainly had nothing to pay the tow-truck driver.

Joe saw a crawling in-plant tow truck moving past those enigmatic objects.

The engine of his elderly Moreland tow-truck was brought to life by Solomon almost hidden behind the huge wooden steering wheel.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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