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cruck
 n.— «The vehicle—Bird calls it a “cruck,” or a combination car/truck—was called the General Flea in a play on words from the old General Lee of “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV fame.» —“‘Junkin” ride headed to a road near you” by Andrew Dys in Tirzah The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina) Oct. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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