gypsy truck

plural gypsy trucks

1. UScolloquialoffensivesometimesA freelance truck.

   So he takes the profit, which is the difference between the regulated transportation and the rate he has been able to pay to that gypsy truck.

   1950, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foerign Commerce, Study of Domestic Land and Water Transportation

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   At a private dock not long ago a “gypsy” truck from Maryland had come in with 60 barrels of pickles—a 20-minute job to roll out on the platform.

   1954, Investigation of Racketeering in the Cleveland, Ohio, Area, page 212

   It is usually the gypsy truck piloted by a non-union driver who races the roads in a desperate effort to make a connection ahead of the competition.

   1977, The International Teamster - Volumes 74-75, page 20