tanker yanker
n.— «Grabbing his CB microphone, he hollered: “Hey, tanker yanker, ya’ got a copy?”» —“The Chilling Tale Of A Trucker-Turned-Writer” by Bard Lindeman The Record (New Jersey) Aug. 27, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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