articn.
/ɑːˈtɪk/, U.S. /ɑrˈtɪk/ colloquial.
An articulated vehicle, esp. an articulated lorry. See articulated adj. 1b.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > articulated lorry
artic1945
tractor-trailer1949
trailer-truck1958
1945 E. Partridge Dict. R.A.F. Slang 47 Queen Mary, a very long, low-slung, articulated vehicle—a synonym is artic—that looks like a huge motor-driven caterpillar.
1958 Times 12 Apr. 7/6 Joe had a brand-new articulated truck, or artic (where the driving cab is separately joined to the lorry).
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard i. 26 Tiny turnings where he would have lots of fun manœuvring a forty-foot artic.
1994 I. Welsh Acid House 44 So there's a head-on with this huge artic; the Porsche was a complete write-off, as you'd expect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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