dually

dually
 n.— «Not just any pickup. “I’m going to get me a dually (with dual rear wheels).”» —“Junior grand championship goes to Pottsboro man, 18” by Nelson Antosh Houston Chronicle (Texas) Feb. 28, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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