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tattletale
noun- in trucking, a device that records time and speed data, used by company officials to assure compliance with laws and regulations US
Known conventionally as a “tachograph”. - — American Speech, p. 272, December 1962: “The language of traffic policemen”
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 165, 1971
- in motor racing, a specially designed tachometer that measures and records the engine’s highest speed during a run or lap US
- — John Lawlor, How to Talk Car, p. 105, 1965
- in trucking, a dangling chain that shows the approximate weight of the load by its distance from the axle US
- — American Speech, p. 273, December 1961: “Northwest truck drivers’ language”
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