truck-drivers
Long-haul professionals
Truck-drivers is the plural of truck-driver, a person who operates a truck professionally, transporting goods over roads.
The hyphenated form is less common than the open compound truck drivers, but both appear in print.
Long-haul truck-drivers spend days on the road between destinations.
Those who transport goods
- teamstersProfessional freight drivers
- long-haulersThose traveling extended distances
- owner-operatorsSelf-employed drivers with own vehicles
Major road for travel
- dinersCasual roadside eateries
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- isolationComplete separation from others
- nomadicWithout fixed residence
motels · caffeine · showers · roadside · cross-country
Guarded traveling group
- ten-fourRadio confirmation phrase
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- handlePart for gripping
- chromeReflective metal coating
Peterbilt · Kenworth · mudflaps · airhorns · decals · pride · brotherhood · camaraderie
Combinations or confederations
- TeamstersTransportation workers' labor organization
- wagesPayment for work
- logbooksOfficial activity records
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
strikes · overtime · benefits · pensions · turnover · fatigue · exploitation · dispatchers
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
loneliness · alertness · stress · posture
haulers
Those who transport goods
- teamstersProfessional freight drivers
- long-haulersThose traveling extended distances
- owner-operatorsSelf-employed drivers with own vehicles
highway
Major road for travel
- dinersCasual roadside eateries
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- isolationComplete separation from others
nomadic · motels · caffeine · showers · roadside · cross-country
convoy
Guarded traveling group
chrome · Peterbilt · Kenworth · mudflaps · airhorns · decals · pride · brotherhood · camaraderie
unions
Combinations or confederations
- TeamstersTransportation workers' labor organization
- wagesPayment for work
- logbooksOfficial activity records
regulations · strikes · overtime · benefits · pensions · turnover · fatigue · exploitation · dispatchers · deadlines
fatigue
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
hypertension · loneliness · alertness · stress · posture
truck-driversoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
factory workers · receptionists · bank tellers · librarians · cashiers
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