Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a haulage contractor.
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- noun A person or company engaged in the
haulage of goods. - noun A
miner whohauls coal from thecoalface to the bottom of theshaft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a haulage contractor
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Examples
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He was told they were empty - simply because the haulier who handed them over, unmarked and undocumented, had said so.
Johann Hari: Workers Will Die Without Health and Safety Inspections Johann Hari 2011
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But Peter Carroll, a former haulier leading the FairFuelUK campaign group, said the move might be enough to buy off truckers agitating for fuel blockades.
Budget 2011: Surprise fuel duty concession will cost oil industry £10bn 2011
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No, we must conclude that Lord James of Blackheath, the Tory peer who raised the possibility in the House of Lords a few weeks back, took the former haulier to see a cabinet minister and who told us that it was all cast iron, was duped.
Diary Hugh Muir 2010
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If this haulier doesn't have the moolah, shouldn't Lord James come up with someone else?
Diary Hugh Muir 2010
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Jean-Paul Grard, president of the UPR truckers' association, told a press conference, that the government had to do something to ensure that French haulier companies survived in business.
French truckers on the move again ... or not Helen 2004
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` We've got a few names: an Essex-based haulier, a Turkish gang in Rotterdam ... '
Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004
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Only two out of 27 vehicles owned by haulier KGB Holdings passed roadworthy tests ordered by Gauteng transport MEC Khabisi Mosunkutu on Wednesday after a KwaZulu-Natal vehicle testing station owned by the same company declared them roadworthy.
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The stone-haulier's tools are simple and can often be manufactured locally.
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However, where tractors, cranes, elevators, lorries, etc. are not available, or where such mechanised methods prove too costly or poorly adapted to local conditions, the techniques of the stone-haulier are called upon.
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In many quarries, the know-how of the stone-haulier has been replaced by mechanised techniques.
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