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Pallets

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1921, OED Evaluation: N/A

A portable platform on which goods can be moved, stacked, or stored, especially with the aid of a forklift truck; a tray or container for packing and conveying goods.

ExampleMeaning
Well it's all closed down but my cousin owns the property and he ah cuts white birch. Makes pallets. The wood for the pallets. So that they- factories put their material on and fork-lifts can pick them up- load them in trucks better.
some sort of platform
Well it's all closed down but my cousin owns the property and he ah cuts white birch. Makes pallets. The wood for the pallets. So that they- factories put their material on and fork-lifts can pick them up- load them in trucks better.
some sort of platform
ExampleMeaning
I said, "He's got a girl in the store." He says, "He does?" I said, "Yeah." I says, "He's over by the- the pallet of pop sitting there." I said, "But don't make any noise."
some sort of platform
ExampleMeaning
We had to do our jobs. Mine was to water the garden, we had a creek. Didn't have hoses in those days you-know. I had to carry pallets of water to water the plants and- and it was my j-- one of my jobs.
some sort of platform