headache bar
n.— «1951 F6 Ford.…12′ Steel Decked Flat Bed, with under bed too compartments, “Headache Bar”…Pintle Hook…Power take off Extension to rear of bed.» —in classifieds Lincoln Evening Journal (Nebraska) Apr. 19, 1961. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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